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Re: [PATCH] make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 2, 2006, 10:11 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> By the way, aren't people disturbed that "git rm" does not
> default to "-f" -- I rarely use the command myself but that
> makes it feel even more awkward that "git rm foo" does not
> remove the file "foo".

But _only_ if file is unmodified. I think that "git rm" meaning "remove this file from version control, but not from working area" is a good thing; if you want to remove file, just /usr/bin/rm it.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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Message 9 of 21 in “make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index”
  1. make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the indexNicolas Pitre, Dec 1, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2006
  3. Alan ChandlerDec 2, 2006
  4. Nicolas PitreDec 2, 2006
  5. Nicolas PitreDec 2, 2006
  6. Carl WorthDec 2, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2006
  8. Carl WorthDec 2, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2006
  10. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 2, 2006
  11. Alan ChandlerDec 2, 2006
  12. Carl WorthDec 2, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2006
  14. Alan ChandlerDec 2, 2006
  15. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  16. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  17. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  18. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2006
  19. Nicolas PitreDec 3, 2006
  20. make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the indexNicolas Pitre, Dec 3, 2006
  21. Alan ChandlerDec 3, 2006

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