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Re: [PATCH] git-rm: don't remove newly added file without -f

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Mar 26, 2007, 22:36 UTC
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<7vk5x3vdhh.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> Hmm, yes, I agree that is inconsistent. However, it's such a common
> workflow that forcing a '-f' would become meaningless. And you _can_
> rescue the blob from the object database in a pinch, though finding it
> can be tedious.

That's exactly the reason why I mentioned this inconsistency between add vs rm "tongue-in-cheek".

We really do not want to require -f for common situations so much that it ends up training people's fingers to type -f without thinking, which would render the safety option meaningless.

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  6. Jeff KingMar 26, 2007
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