Re: [RFC] git rm -u

From: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 25, 2013, 19:21 UTC
Message-ID: <CALWbr2y-CN9A346avc4AG+FN9NHgPXKvWuU-nbcyjt08DavVjw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpq7glw5i20.fsf@grenoble-inp.fr>

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I must say that I'm not very interested in the feature. In my opinion,
>> there are already many different ways to stage changes.
>> Assuming that the feature would be needed, I would keep it under the
>> scope of git-add, as it's the reference for staging. I would suggest
>> something like:
>>
>>     git add -r   "Stage removal of deleted files."
>
> Would "add -r" stand for "add --remove"? That would be weird ...

Yes (for --remove), It would not be weird if you consider the opposite of add to be reset (and not rm).

> "git rm" really seems to be a better place for removing files from the
> index.

Then, I don't exactly understand the meaning of git-rm but being a _shortcut_ for "remove and stage". Here the files are already removed, we only need to stage and the best command to stage changes is add.