Mutt Label Removed By VIM > Quoting r. Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx>: > Subject: Re: How to commit removed file? > > >> > 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". > >> > >> Any ideas? Can this be done with git? > > > > Did you actually try the "--" thing I suggested in > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/35699/? > > > > Besides, I just tested with current "next": > > > > $ git commit kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch > > Created commit 89a5bb5ac16fb8be9b6e061284e191cafb3e4da2 > > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) > > delete mode 100644 a234 > > The difference is Michael did "git rm" to explicitly tell git to > forget about that path, while you used the vanilla "/bin/rm". > > Personally I never saw the point of having "git rm". Maybe we > should remove it to prevent this confusion from happening. But won't the same problem appear with rm file git-update-index file git-commit file -- 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