If you don't want to commit all changes at once, it is possible to specify a list of file names at commit time. This works, except you want to remove a file: $ git rm -f z4 rm 'z4' $ git commit z4 error: pathspec 'z4' did not match any file(s) known to git. Did you forget to 'git add'? $ git --version git version 1.5.3.rc7.849.g2f5f Is there an easy solution to commit a removed file, when you have other changes in the index? mfg Martin Kögler - 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