How do I git rm a file without deleting it from disk?

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Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 picture Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 · Aug 13, 2009 · Viewed 138.4k times · Source

The command removes the file in my system. I meant it to remove only the file from Git-repository.

How can I remove the file from a Git repository, without removing the file in my system?

Answer

kwatford picture kwatford · Aug 13, 2009 
git rm --cached file

should do what you want.

You can read more details at git help rm

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