SYNOPSIS
git rm [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>…
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,
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,
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.dirto removedir/file1anddir/file2) can be given to remove all files in the directory, and recursively all sub-directories, but this requires the-roption to be explicitly given. - -f
- --force
-
Override the up-to-date check.
- -n
- --dry-run
-
Don’t actually remove any file(s). Instead, just show if they exist in the index and would otherwise be removed by the command.
- -r
-
Allow recursive removal when a leading directory name is given.
- --
-
This option can be used to separate command-line options from the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken for command-line options).
- --cached
-
Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index. Working tree files, whether modified or not, will be left alone.
- --ignore-unmatch
-
Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
- -q
- --quiet
-
git rmnormally outputs one line (in the form of anrmc