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Re: How to commit removed file?

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MTMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@mellanox.co.il>
Date
Jan 2, 2007, 20:10 UTC
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<20070102201041.GB10451@mellanox.co.il>
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<20061231102444.GD26552@mellanox.co.il>
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> I'd like to remove a file and commit the removal while
> leaving out other changes in repository/index.
> 
> $git rm kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch
> rm 'kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch'
> 
> $ git commit kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch
> error: pathspec 'kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch' did not match
> any file(s) known to git.
> Did you forget to 'git add'?
> 
> A similiar thing works with "git add".
Any ideas? Can this be done with git?
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MST
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