From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:36:42 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-rm: don't remove newly added file without -f Message-ID: <7vk5x3vdhh.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20070326222239.GA3498@coredump.intra.peff.net> Jeff King 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.