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

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 4, 2006, 16:03 UTC
Message-ID: <el1go7$2ro$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612040737120.3476@woody.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> (And obviously, for all the normal reasons, if the index or HEAD doesn't 
> match, the error message should be helpful and also explicitly mention the 
> "-f" flag. Somehing like
> 
>         file 'x' does not match HEAD or has been staged for changes.
>         Will not remove. Use '-f' to force removal.
> 
> ("has been staged for changes" is just a long way of saying "index". See? 
> I _can_ learn.)

I'd rather have

        File 'x' does not match HEAD or index (has been staged for changes).
        Will not remove. Use "git rm -f 'x'" to force removal.

I'd rather not learn that "staged for changes" mean "index". I'm quote comfortable with the concept of "index" and the name "index", thankyouverymuch.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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