1GIT-RM(1)                         Git Manual                         GIT-RM(1)
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NAME

6       git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
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SYNOPSIS

9       git-rm [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--]
10       <file>...
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DESCRIPTION

13       Remove files from the working tree and from the index. The files have
14       to be identical to the tip of the branch, and no updates to its
15       contents must have been placed in the staging area (aka index). When
16       --cached is given, the staged content has to match either the tip of
17       the branch or the file on disk.
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OPTIONS

20       <file>...
21           Files to remove. Fileglobs (e.g. *.c) can be given to remove all
22           matching files. Also a leading directory name (e.g. dir to add
23           dir/file1 and dir/file2) can be given to remove all files in the
24           directory, recursively, but this requires -r option to be given for
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27       -f
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38           This option can be used to separate command-line options from the
39           list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken for
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43           This option can be used to tell the command to remove the paths
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50           git-rm normally outputs one line (in the form of an "rm" command)
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DISCUSSION

54       The list of <file> given to the command can be exact pathnames, file
55       glob patterns, or leading directory name. The command removes only the
56       paths that is known to git. Giving the name of a file that you have not
57       told git about does not remove that file.
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EXAMPLES

60       git-rm Documentation/\*.txt
61           Removes all *.txt files from the index that are under the
62           Documentation directory and any of its subdirectories.
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64           Note that the asterisk * is quoted from the shell in this example;
65           this lets the command include the files from subdirectories of
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68       git-rm -f git-*.sh
69           Remove all git-*.sh scripts that are in the index. Because this
70           example lets the shell expand the asterisk (i.e. you are listing
71           the files explicitly), it does not remove subdir/git-foo.sh.
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SEE ALSO

74       git-add(1)
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AUTHOR

77       Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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DOCUMENTATION

80       Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT

83       Part of the git(7) suite
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