Re: (beginner) git rm

> Björn Steinbrink wrote:
>> 
>> The "git checkout -- d.txt" is also a valid command, but that restores
>> the file from the index.
>> 
>> git checkout -- paths
>> 	==> Copy "paths" from the index to the working tree
>> 
>> git checkout <tree-ish> -- paths
>> 	==> Copy "paths" from the tree-ish to the index and working tree
>> 
>> So, for "rm d.txt", a plain "git checkout -- d.txt" would also do the
>> trick, as d.txt is still in the index. But your "git rm d.txt" also
>> removed the file from the index, and thus that checkout does nothing.
>> But "git checkout HEAD -- d.txt" works, as it gets the file from HEAD
>> and puts it into the index and working tree.
>
> This is enlightening, thank you very much!
> (I knew I would love git more and more)
>
> Oh just one (probably stupid) thing : <tree-ish> does represent a directory
> being the root of a tree of folders (which has been added to the index),
> does it?