Re: git-rm'ing all dead files

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 24, 2007, 16:57 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0701241756300.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <9e7ab7380701240851u1249b46ch36450fcf91bf7986@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Pazu wrote:

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> 2007/1/24, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:
> 
> > How about
> > 
> >         git ls-files -z --deleted | git update-index -z --remove --stdin
> 
> Aha. I was trying
> 
>    git-ls-files -d | xargs git rm --cached
> 
> but most removed files contains spaces in their names, and that
> screwed git-rm up. I've even noticed the -z option on git-ls-files,
> but couldn't find one on git-rm, and I completely forgot about
> git-update-index.

You _can_ use

	git ls-files -z -d | xargs -0 git rm --cached

So, you did not find that option with git-rm, because it is an option to xargs...

Ciao, Dscho