Re: [RFC] git rm -u

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

Antoine Pelisse [off-list ref] writes:

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"git rm" really seems to be a better place for removing files from the
index.

Then, I don't exactly understand the meaning of git-rm but being a
_shortcut_ for "remove and stage".

"git rm --cached" is exactly "remove from index".

And even without --cached, as you notice yourself, it does a "remove and
stage [removal]", so why would it be inappropriate to stage a removal?

I do not think "git rm" is a bad place to add the feature; I was
questioning if "-u" is an appropriate option.  The option "-u" given
to "git add" is internally called "take worktree changes", and we
would need the option to "git rm" with that internal meaning.  The
superficial meaning "updated" that "-u" in "add -u" stands for does
not really match what "git rm --take-worktree-changes" wants to do,
as we obviously do not want to remove all updated/modified files.