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Re: (beginner) git rm

From
Tomas Carnecky <tom@dbservice.com>
Date
Jan 28, 2009, 12:19 UTC
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<49804D41.3010801@dbservice.com>
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On 01/28/2009 01:00 PM, Zabre wrote:
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>
> Tomas Carnecky wrote:
>> Do you mean 'undelete' a file? git checkout d.txt - That restores the
>> file in the working tree and resets the index just for that file.
>>
>
> Hi Tom,
> (thank you for your interest in my newbie problems)
>
> yes that's what I mean : 'undelete' a file, after a "git rm d.txt".
> But I did not manage to apply your solution succesfully :
> $ git rm d.txt
> $ ls
> a.txt b.txt c.txt
> $ git status
> # On branch new
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git reset HEAD<file>..." to unstage)
> #
> #	deleted:    d.txt
> #
> $ git checkout d.txt
> error: pathspec 'mamma.txt' did not match any file(s) known to git.
> Did you forget to 'git add'?

Oops, sorry. git checkout HEAD -- d.txt You have to tell which version of d.txt you want. In your case the version in HEAD.

tom
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