On 7/16/08, Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 07:00:50PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > git rm --if-missing will only remove files if they've already been removed from
> > disk.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> what is the usage scenario? The porcelain options space is a precious
> resource, so please explain why do you need this and who is going to use
> it (especially with such a long name).
I see the idea here: right now you can do:
touch a b c
git add .
And have it auto-add all the new files, so "git commit" will work.
But there is no equivalent for rm, because for obvious reasons,
rm b c
git rm .
Doesn't do the same thing. And "git add ." doesn't auto-recognize
deletions, which probably also makes sense.
"git commit -a", on the other hand, will automatically commit all
deletions for you. But you don't always want to commit *all* your
changes just because you want to commit all your deletions.
That said, --if-missing is a bit unwieldy. I don't have a better
suggestion though.
Have fun,
Avery
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