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Clearly describe rm mv #105

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move mv's aside comment to its section
brntbeer Nov 10, 2015
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may as well sum up what mv does too
brntbeer Nov 10, 2015
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dangerous option and is not working directory safe. Any changes not committed will
be lost.
</p>

<pre>
<b>$ git status</b>
# On branch master
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leave the file in the working directory, you can use <code>git rm --cached
</code>.</p>

<p class="aside">
In its normal form the command is used to delete files.
But it's often easier to just remove the files off your disk and
then run <code>git commit -a</code>, which will also automatically remove
them from your index.</p>

<h4>
git mv
<small>git rm --cached orig; mv orig new; git add new</small>
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if it's easier, feel free.
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<p class="aside">
In its normal form the command is used to delete files.
But it's often easier to just remove the files off your disk and
then run <code>git commit -a</code>, which will also automatically remove
them from your index.</p>

<p class="nutshell">
<strong>In a nutshell</strong>,
you run <code>git rm</code> to remove files from being tracked in Git. It
will also remove them from your working directory.
will also remove them from your working directory. If you run <code> git mv</code> it will do essentially the same as <code>git rm --cached</code>, move the file on disk and run <code>git add</code> on the new file.
</p>

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<p><a class="page-button next-page" href="/branching">On to Branching and Merging &#187;</a></p>