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This patch continues the effort that is already applied to
`git commit`, `git reset`, `git checkout` etc.

1) Changed outdated descriptions to mention pathspec instead.
2) Added reference to 'linkgit:gitglossary[7]'.
3) Removed content that merely repeated gitglossary.
4) Merged the remainder of "discussion" into `<patchspec>`.

Signed-off-by: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Alexandr Miloslavskiy 2020-01-16 16:09:18 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git rm' [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...
'git rm' [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <pathspec>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index.
`git rm` will not remove a file from just your working directory.
(There is no option to remove a file only from the working tree
and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do that.)
The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the branch,
and no updates to their contents can be staged in the index,
Remove files matching pathspec from the index, or from the working tree
and the index. `git rm` will not remove a file from just your working
directory. (There is no option to remove a file only from the working
tree and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do
that.) The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the
branch, and no updates to their contents can be staged in the index,
though that default behavior can be overridden with the `-f` option.
When `--cached` is given, the staged content has to
match either the tip of the branch or the file on disk,
@ -26,15 +26,20 @@ allowing the file to be removed from just the index.
OPTIONS
-------
<file>...::
Files to remove. Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to
remove all matching files. If you want Git to expand
file glob characters, you may need to shell-escape them.
A leading directory name
(e.g. `dir` to remove `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
given to remove all files in the directory, and recursively
all sub-directories,
but this requires the `-r` option to be explicitly given.
<pathspec>...::
Files to remove. A leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to remove
`dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be given to remove all files in
the directory, and recursively all sub-directories, but this
requires the `-r` option to be explicitly given.
+
The command removes only the paths that are known to Git.
+
File globbing matches across directory boundaries. Thus, given two
directories `d` and `d2`, there is a difference between using
`git rm 'd*'` and `git rm 'd/*'`, as the former will also remove all
of directory `d2`.
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For more details, see the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
-f::
--force::
@ -69,19 +74,6 @@ OPTIONS
for each file removed. This option suppresses that output.
DISCUSSION
----------
The <file> list given to the command can be exact pathnames,
file glob patterns, or leading directory names. The command
removes only the paths that are known to Git. Giving the name of
a file that you have not told Git about does not remove that file.
File globbing matches across directory boundaries. Thus, given
two directories `d` and `d2`, there is a difference between
using `git rm 'd*'` and `git rm 'd/*'`, as the former will
also remove all of directory `d2`.
REMOVING FILES THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE FILESYSTEM
--------------------------------------------------------
There is no option for `git rm` to remove from the index only