Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless"

From: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 4, 2006, 16:04 UTC
Message-ID: <20061204160429.GA8512@dspnet.fr.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612040737120.3476@woody.osdl.org>

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On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:42:26AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> (And obviously, for all the normal reasons, if the index or HEAD doesn't 
> match, the error message should be helpful and also explicitly mention the 
> "-f" flag. Somehing like
> 
> 	file 'x' does not match HEAD or has been staged for changes.
> 	Will not remove. Use '-f' to force removal.

And you wouldn't tell which, you stupid computer?

I hate when error messages go "there is a problem that may be x, y or z. You can figure out which one yourself.".

Incidentally, splitting the message would allow you to add a "use git diff x" or a "use git diff --cached x to see the differences" message.

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