Git delete a file with space in name

Question

I have added a file and also committed webpageone fresh.rhtml. I left a space in the name. When I a try to remove it, using:

git rm -f /webpageone fresh.rhtml

I get this error:

pathspec '/webpageone' did not match any files.

I tried removing another file and it worked... So the problem is the spacing. How can I remove this?

Answer 1

That's a shell problem, not a git problem. You need to escape the space. This should work:

git rm -f /webpageone\ fresh.rhtml

I guess this should also work:

git rm -f "/webpageone fresh.rhtml"