From: Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:08:01 GMT
Subject: Re: rm and mv commands: should I use them?
Message-ID: <20080106080801.GA1483@bulgaria.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <379EDA94-A67B-483A-BC5F-E961DD52AD0C@gmail.com>

[Jon Hancock <redstarling@gmail.com>]
>
> 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?  Additionally, is there a simple 
> procedure with git to say: "I want to version exactly what is in my working 
> tree.  If I removed something or added something, just handle it".  This is 
> sort of what "git add ." does, but "git add" doesn't handling things I 
> removed or moved, correct?

"git add ." only adds new or modified files to the index.  You can use
"git add -u ." to update the index to reflect any deleted files.

Brian