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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?
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By default, the git rm command deletes files both from the Git repository as well as the filesystem. Using the --cached flag, the actual file on disk will not be deleted.
Git rm Overview The primary function of git rm is to remove tracked files from the Git index. Additionally, git rm can be used to remove files from both the staging index and the working directory. There is no option to remove a file from only the working directory.
The easiest way to delete a file in your Git repository is to execute the “git rm” command and to specify the file to be deleted. Note that by using the “git rm” command, the file will also be deleted from the filesystem.
git rm --cached file should do what you want.
You can read more details at git help rm
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I tried experimenting with the answers given. My personal finding came out to be:
git rm -r --cached . And then
git add . This seemed to make my working directory nice and clean. You can put your fileName in place of the dot.
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