I'd like to remove a file and commit the removal while leaving out other changes in repository/index. $git rm kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch rm 'kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch' $ git commit kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch error: pathspec 'kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch' did not match any file(s) known to git. Did you forget to 'git add'? A similiar thing works with "git add". -- MST - 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