Please don't make naming inconsistent. --index means "do things that usually affect only work tree also to the index as well", while --cached means "act only on the index" (study "git apply" for another example). "git rm" that does not touch work tree but removes only the index entry should be named --cached. -- 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