Git deletes files. git deletes files.

Git deletes files. git deletes files.

To delete a file using Git, you must use the Git rm command. Finally, git commit

Note that the rm command cannot be deleted directly. You can use the git status Command to try it. (The test file is created to demonstrate the difference between git rm and rm ):

19:54:51wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  vi test 19:55:07wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  ll
total 16-rw-rw-r--. 1 wang wang 2007 Apr 18 07:02 getZhihuDaily.py-rw-rw-r--. 1 wang wang   22 Apr 18 07:02 README.md-rw-rw-r--. 1 wang wang    5 Apr 30 19:55 testdrwxrwxr-x. 7 wang wang   86 Apr 20 06:08 vim-colors-solarized-rw-rw-r--. 1 wang wang 1233 Apr 30 19:47 vimrc19:55:09wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git add test 19:55:15wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git commit -m "test" [master 710da9d] test 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 test
 19:55:24wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  ls getZhihuDaily.py  README.md  test  vim-colors-solarized  vimrc 19:55:26wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git status # On branch master # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit. #   (use "git push" to publish your local commits) # # Untracked files: #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # #       vim-colors-solarized/ nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) 19:55:35wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  rm test 19:56:30wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git status # On branch master # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit. #   (use "git push" to publish your local commits) # # Changes not staged for commit: #   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # #       deleted:    test # # Untracked files: #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # #       vim-colors-solarized/ no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") 19:56:33wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git rm test rm 'test' 19:56:41wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git status # On branch master # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit. #   (use "git push" to publish your local commits) # # Changes to be committed: #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # #       deleted:    test # # Untracked files: #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # #       vim-colors-solarized/ 19:56:47wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git commit -m"rm test" [master 2953ea2] rm test  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)  delete mode 100644 test 19:57:00wang@~/Documents/git/test >>  git status # On branch master # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 2 commits. #   (use "git push" to publish your local commits) # # Untracked files: #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # #       vim-colors-solarized/ nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)