Dietrich Epp <depp@xxxxxxxx> writes: > How to reproduce: cd into a subdirectory and use git rm > --pathspec-from-file. For example, in Git's repo, at the top level: > > $ git rm --pathspec-from-file=/dev/null > fatal: No pathspec was given. Which files should I remove? > $ cd compat > $ git rm --pathspec-from-file=/dev/null > fatal: --pathspec-from-file is incompatible with pathspec arguments Thanks for a report. I think this reveals issues with not just the --pathspec-from-file which has been added relatively recently, but potentially a larger issue "git rm" from subdirectory has. When run from a subdirectory, "git rm" without pathspec behaves as if a single "." (i.e. everything underneath the current directory) is given as the pathspec. Of course, this is incompatible with reading of the pathspec elements from a file and unfortunately it cannot be disabled, so there currently is no way to use the option if you are in a subdirectory. But a potentially larger problem is that "git rm -r" will remove everything under the current directory unless you are at the top level of the working tree, even when the user does not give "." to explicitly say "I want everything under the current directory gone". I wonder if the attached patch would make both issues better.
