Re: How to commit removed file?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 2, 2007, 21:12 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0701022211100.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20070102201041.GB10451@mellanox.co.il>

Hi,

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

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> > I'd like to remove a file and commit the removal while
> > leaving out other changes in repository/index.
> > 
> > $git rm kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch
> > rm 'kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch'
> > 
> > $ git commit kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch
> > error: pathspec 'kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch' did not match
> > any file(s) known to git.
> > Did you forget to 'git add'?
> > 
> > A similiar thing works with "git add".
> 
> Any ideas? Can this be done with git?

Did you actually try the "--" thing I suggested in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/35699/?

Besides, I just tested with current "next":

$ git commit kernel_patches/fixes/ib_verbs_warning_fix.patch
Created commit 89a5bb5ac16fb8be9b6e061284e191cafb3e4da2
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 a234