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Re: "git rm" could be safer and have a better help msg

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Jul 10, 2020, 12:33 UTC
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On Jul 10 2020, Tom Browder wrote:
> I often need to remove a file from Git but leave it as is, changed or not.
> The only safe way to do that as far as I know is:
>
>     $ git rm -f --cached myfile   # many thanks to @jast on IRC #git
Why do you need -f?
Andreas.
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