I have done the following (in order to learn git rm).
Created an empty repository on an empty folder. Created a file called test.txt, modify it and then run the following (with the consequent results).
git rm test.txt -> `fatal: pathspec 'test.txt' did not match any files`
git add test.txt && git rm test.txt ->
error: 'test.txt' has changes staged in the index
(use --cached to keep the file, or -f to force removal)
So, my question is:
When would git rm test.txt be actually useful?
When would
git rm test.txtbe actually useful?
When you have already added and committed the file to your repository. The docs tell us that git rm is used to:
Remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index.