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Re: [RFC] git rm -u

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2013, 19:47 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
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> Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> "git rm" really seems to be a better place for removing files from the
>>> index.
>>
>> Then, I don't exactly understand the meaning of git-rm but being a
>> _shortcut_ for "remove and stage".
>
> "git rm --cached" is exactly "remove from index".
>
> And even without --cached, as you notice yourself, it does a "remove and
> stage [removal]", so why would it be inappropriate to stage a removal?

I do not think "git rm" is a bad place to add the feature; I was questioning if "-u" is an appropriate option. The option "-u" given to "git add" is internally called "take worktree changes", and we would need the option to "git rm" with that internal meaning. The superficial meaning "updated" that "-u" in "add -u" stands for does not really match what "git rm --take-worktree-changes" wants to do, as we obviously do not want to remove all updated/modified files.

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Message 10 of 53 in “[RFC] git rm -u”
  1. Eric James Michael RitzJan 19, 2013
  2. Tomas CarneckyJan 19, 2013
  3. Antoine PelisseJan 19, 2013
  4. Eric James Michael RitzJan 19, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  6. Antoine PelisseFeb 25, 2013
  7. Matthieu MoyFeb 25, 2013
  8. Antoine PelisseFeb 25, 2013
  9. Matthieu MoyFeb 25, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2013
  11. Jonathan NiederJan 19, 2013
  12. Eric James Michael RitzJan 19, 2013
  13. Matthieu MoyJan 20, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  16. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 20, 2013
  17. Matthieu MoyJan 21, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  19. Eric James Michael RitzJan 20, 2013
  20. Piotr KrukowieckiJan 21, 2013
  21. Matthieu MoyJan 21, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  24. Matthieu MoyJan 21, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  26. Piotr KrukowieckiJan 21, 2013
  27. add: warn when -u or -A is used without filepatternMatthieu Moy, Jan 21, 2013
  28. Robin RosenbergJan 21, 2013
  29. Matthieu MoyJan 21, 2013
  30. Robin RosenbergJan 21, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  32. Piotr KrukowieckiJan 21, 2013
  33. Matthieu MoyJan 21, 2013
  34. Matthieu MoyJan 21, 2013
  35. Jonathan NiederJan 21, 2013
  36. Matthieu MoyJan 22, 2013
  37. add: warn when -u or -A is used without filepatternMatthieu Moy, Jan 25, 2013
  38. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2013
  39. Matthieu MoyJan 27, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2013
  41. Matthieu MoyJan 28, 2013
  42. add: warn when -u or -A is used without filepatternMatthieu Moy, Jan 28, 2013
  43. Jonathan NiederJan 28, 2013
  44. Michael J GruberJan 28, 2013
  45. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  46. Matthieu MoyJan 28, 2013
  47. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  48. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2013
  49. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2013
  50. Matthieu MoyFeb 15, 2013
  51. Jonathan NiederJan 27, 2013
  52. Duy NguyenJan 22, 2013
  53. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013

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