Can't remove all files with "git rm -r -f {folder_name}" (Windows 10)

Question

I'm working in a git repository on Windows 10, and I have a folder named "Client" - I'm trying to completely delete it and all files inside it from my local repository. I'm inside the branch that I want it deleted from, and I ran the following command:

git rm -r -f .\Client\

It removed a lot of the folders and files inside Client, but there are still folders and files left. So I tried running it again, and I get the following message:

fatal: pathspec '.\Client\' did not match any files

What gives??

Answer 1

git rm won't touch untracked files, so it's possible that after a call to git rm, the directory remains in the working copy, possibly with some files still in it.