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Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless"

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Dec 5, 2006, 03:29 UTC
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> 
> > If it doesn't match HEAD, we can't get it back as easily, so maybe that's 
> > the case when we want to have "git rm -f filename".
> 
> Hmph.  Wouldn't this lossage the same as the lossage we are
> removing the "safety valve" for, when "commit --only" jumps the
> index?

Losing an intermediate file state is much less severe than losing the latest file state I would think.

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  1. Carl WorthDec 2, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2006
  3. Sam VilainDec 2, 2006
  4. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiDec 4, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsDec 4, 2006
  8. Jakub NarebskiDec 4, 2006
  9. Olivier GalibertDec 4, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2006
  11. Nicolas PitreDec 5, 2006
  12. Carl WorthDec 5, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2006

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