From: Ryan Schmitt <rschmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This makes git-rm more consistent with git-diff, which also accepts --staged as a synonym of --cached. Signed-off-by: Ryan Schmitt <rschmitt@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-rm.txt | 2 +- builtin/rm.c | 1 + t/t3600-rm.sh | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git Documentation/git-rm.txt Documentation/git-rm.txt index f1efc11..8635e67 100644 --- Documentation/git-rm.txt +++ Documentation/git-rm.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ OPTIONS --cached:: Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index. Working tree files, whether modified or not, will be - left alone. + left alone. --staged is a synonym for --cached. --ignore-unmatch:: Exit with a zero status even if no files matched. diff --git builtin/rm.c builtin/rm.c index 960634d..a88697b 100644 --- builtin/rm.c +++ builtin/rm.c @@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static struct option builtin_rm_options[] = { OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only, N_("dry run")), OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("do not list removed files")), OPT_BOOL( 0 , "cached", &index_only, N_("only remove from the index")), + OPT_BOOL( 0 , "staged", &index_only, N_("synonym for --cached")), OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("override the up-to-date check")), OPT_BOOL('r', NULL, &recursive, N_("allow recursive removal")), OPT_BOOL( 0 , "ignore-unmatch", &ignore_unmatch, diff --git t/t3600-rm.sh t/t3600-rm.sh index 3d30581..c32dbf4 100755 --- t/t3600-rm.sh +++ t/t3600-rm.sh @@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ test_expect_success \ git rm --cached -f foo' test_expect_success \ + 'Test that git rm --staged foo is synonymous with git rm --cached foo' \ + 'echo content > foo + git add foo + git rm --staged foo' + +test_expect_success \ 'Post-check that foo exists but is not in index after git rm foo' \ '[ -f foo ] && test_must_fail git ls-files --error-unmatch foo' -- 1.8.3.2 -- 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