From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:08:25 GMT Subject: Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless" Message-ID: <7v8xhnm9o6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds writes: > If it doesn't match HEAD, we can't get it back as easily, so maybe that's > the case when we want to have "git rm -f filename". Hmph. Wouldn't this lossage the same as the lossage we are removing the "safety valve" for, when "commit --only" jumps the index?