Removing multiple files from a Git repo that have already been deleted from disk

Codebeef picture Codebeef · Jan 29, 2009 · Viewed 494.6k times · Source

I have a Git repo that I have deleted four files from using rm (not git rm), and my Git status looks like this:

#    deleted:    file1.txt
#    deleted:    file2.txt
#    deleted:    file3.txt
#    deleted:    file4.txt

How do I remove these files from Git without having to manually go through and add each file like this:

git rm file1 file2 file3 file4

Ideally, I'm looking for something that works in the same way that git add . does, if that's possible.

Answer

carl picture carl · Sep 10, 2009

For Git 1.x

$ git add -u

This tells git to automatically stage tracked files -- including deleting the previously tracked files.

For Git 2.0

To stage your whole working tree:

$ git add -u :/

To stage just the current path:

$ git add -u .