Question
Difference between `git rm file.txt` and manually deleting file from the working directory?
- Posted on December 7, 2021
- Git
Asked by autotradingmarket
Whats the difference between git rm file.txt and manually deleting/removing file from the working directory subsequently committing this manual removal.
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Hi there,
When you run just
rm file_nameit would remove the file from your local filesystem, and then you would also have to rungit add file_nameto remove it from git.With
git rm file_name, you skip the extra step of having to first delete the file withrmand then rungit add.If you want to remove the file from the Git index only and keep it locally, you can use the
git rm --cachedcommand instead.Hope that this helps.
Regards, Bobby