git rm: Remove files from the working tree and from the index

‘git rm’ command remove files from working tree and from the index.

Syntax

git rm {file_name}

Step 1: Clone the repository using below command.

git clone {repository_name}

git clone https://github.com/harikrishna553/gitHelloWorld.git

$git clone https://github.com/harikrishna553/gitHelloWorld.git
Cloning into 'gitHelloWorld'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 20, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (20/20), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 20 (delta 0), reused 11 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (20/20), done.
$
$tree
.
└── gitHelloWorld
    ├── README.md
    ├── tempFile1.txt
    ├── tempFile2.txt
    ├── tempFile3.txt
    ├── tempFile4.txt
    └── welcome.txt

1 directory, 6 files

Step 2: Navigate to ‘gitHelloWorld’ folder and remove tempFile3.txt.

$cd gitHelloWorld/
$
$git rm tempFile3.txt
rm 'tempFile3.txt'
$
$tree
.
├── README.md
├── tempFile1.txt
├── tempFile2.txt
├── tempFile4.txt
└── welcome.txt

0 directories, 5 files

Step 3: Execute ‘git status’ command.

$git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

 deleted:    tempFile3.txt

Step 4: Commit and push the changes

Before committing the changes.

Execute below commands to commit and push the changes to master.

git commit -m "Deleting tempFile3.txt"

git push origin master

$git commit -m "Deleting tempFile3.txt"
[master 3d2911a] Deleting tempFile3.txt
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 tempFile3.txt
$
$git push origin master
Enumerating objects: 3, done.
Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Delta compression using up to 12 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (2/2), 245 bytes | 245.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 2 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), completed with 1 local object.
To https://github.com/harikrishna553/gitHelloWorld.git
   c935e35..3d2911a  master -> master

Once you commit and push the change to remote repository, you can see that ‘tempFile3.txt’ is removed in remote repository.

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