Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 27.07.2011 17:41: > Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> The one reported by the OP for commit: >> >> git rm ../a >> git commit -m "blurb" ../a >> error: pathspec '../a' did not match any file(s) known to git. > > That does look like a bug given that (starting from a state where that > "../a" is a tracked file that appear in the HEAD commit): > > git rm ../a > (cd .. && git commit -m "removed a" a) > > does work. For "git add ../a" after removing the path from both index and > the working tree, see my other message. Full agreement on both. Now I really gotta run, sorry. But "I'll be back" :) Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html