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Re: rm and mv commands: should I use them?

From
David Brown <git@davidb.org>
Date
Jan 6, 2008, 08:04 UTC
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<20080106080415.GA15268@old.davidb.org>
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<379EDA94-A67B-483A-BC5F-E961DD52AD0C@gmail.com>
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 03:55:22PM +0800, Jon Hancock wrote:
> So, do I need to use git's mv and rm commands?  Can't I just rename,  
> add, and remove files using any means I like and then just ensure my  
> "index" is staged properly when I do a commit?

Yes. You can use either git-rm or 'git-commit -a' to remove files. To rename, you can use git-mv, or you can rename the file yourself, git-add the new name, and git-rm the old name.

There is no metadata stored with git-mv and git-rm, they just update the tree and the index.

Dave
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