Re: [BUG?] ls-files -d does not show files removed using 'git rm'

From: Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm>
Date: Aug 22, 2008, 16:49 UTC
Message-ID: <g8mqnf$ncv$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <48AEE261.8070906@forwardbias.in>

Girish Ramakrishnan venit, vidit, dixit 22.08.2008 17:59:

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> If I remove a file using the shell rm, it is listed by ls-files -d.
> However, it is not listed if I use 'git rm'.
> 
> $ rm foo
> $ git ls-files -t -d
> R foo
> $ git checkout foo
> $ git rm foo
> rm 'foo'
> $ git ls-files -t -d
> $
> 
> Is this a bug? In any case, is there a way to find out what files have
> been removed using git rm using ls-files (git status does show it)?

git ls-files combines the listing from the index with the listing from the workdir. A git rm'ed file is present in neither.

git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=D

would show all files which are staged for deletion (git rm'ed).

Michael