From: David Brown <git@davidb.org>
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:04:15 GMT
Subject: Re: rm and mv commands: should I use them?
Message-ID: <20080106080415.GA15268@old.davidb.org>
In-Reply-To: <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