From: Remi Vanicat <remi.vanicat@laposte.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:39:17 GMT
Subject: Re: git rm --cached
Message-ID: <87d4uris6y.dlv@vanicat.homelinux.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071102174140.vobtdjxfwsgoc040@intranet.digizenstudio.com>

Jing Xue <jingxue@digizenstudio.com> writes:

> 2. The FAQ entry "Why 'git rm' is not inverse of 'git add'" says "a
> natural inverse of 'add' is 'un-add', and that operation is called 'rm
> --cached',..."  Now I realize that only applies to adding a new file,
> but not changes on an existing file.

Well, so it seem that to think of "git rm --cached" as inverse to 
"git add" is also confusing. The FAQ entry should probably be
rewrite. Or at least clarified.

 

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Rémi Vanicat