Tilman Sauerbeck [off-list ref] writes:
We used to print that, because you actually had to run the output
of git-rm to get rid of the files before Git 1.5. Now that git-rm
really removes the files, it's not needed anymore.
Even though I admit I do not deeply care, as I never use 'git
rm' myself, I do not necessarily agree with "because" part.
I suspect people are by now accustomed to see the assuring
feedback from the command when used this way:
$ git rm -r one
rm 'one/1'
rm 'one/2'
rm 'one/3'
and even in non-recursive case, expect the similar output for
consistecy's sake.