2 * "git rm" builtin command
4 * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds 2006
9 #include "cache-tree.h"
10 #include "tree-walk.h"
11 #include "parse-options.h"
13 static const char * const builtin_rm_usage[] = {
14 "git rm [options] [--] <file>...",
23 static void add_list(const char *name)
25 if (list.nr >= list.alloc) {
26 list.alloc = alloc_nr(list.alloc);
27 list.name = xrealloc(list.name, list.alloc * sizeof(const char *));
29 list.name[list.nr++] = name;
32 static int check_local_mod(unsigned char *head, int index_only)
35 * Items in list are already sorted in the cache order,
36 * so we could do this a lot more efficiently by using
37 * tree_desc based traversal if we wanted to, but I am
38 * lazy, and who cares if removal of files is a tad
39 * slower than the theoretical maximum speed?
44 no_head = is_null_sha1(head);
45 for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
48 struct cache_entry *ce;
49 const char *name = list.name[i];
50 unsigned char sha1[20];
52 int local_changes = 0;
53 int staged_changes = 0;
55 pos = cache_name_pos(name, strlen(name));
57 continue; /* removing unmerged entry */
58 ce = active_cache[pos];
60 if (lstat(ce->name, &st) < 0) {
62 warning("'%s': %s", ce->name, strerror(errno));
63 /* It already vanished from the working tree */
66 else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
67 /* if a file was removed and it is now a
68 * directory, that is the same as ENOENT as
69 * far as git is concerned; we do not track
76 * "rm" of a path that has changes need to be treated
77 * carefully not to allow losing local changes
78 * accidentally. A local change could be (1) file in
79 * work tree is different since the index; and/or (2)
80 * the user staged a content that is different from
81 * the current commit in the index.
83 * In such a case, you would need to --force the
84 * removal. However, "rm --cached" (remove only from
85 * the index) is safe if the index matches the file in
86 * the work tree or the HEAD commit, as it means that
87 * the content being removed is available elsewhere.
91 * Is the index different from the file in the work tree?
93 if (ce_match_stat(ce, &st, 0))
97 * Is the index different from the HEAD commit? By
98 * definition, before the very initial commit,
99 * anything staged in the index is treated by the same
100 * way as changed from the HEAD.
103 || get_tree_entry(head, name, sha1, &mode)
104 || ce->ce_mode != create_ce_mode(mode)
105 || hashcmp(ce->sha1, sha1))
109 * If the index does not match the file in the work
110 * tree and if it does not match the HEAD commit
111 * either, (1) "git rm" without --cached definitely
112 * will lose information; (2) "git rm --cached" will
113 * lose information unless it is about removing an
114 * "intent to add" entry.
116 if (local_changes && staged_changes) {
117 if (!index_only || !(ce->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD))
118 errs = error("'%s' has staged content different "
119 "from both the file and the HEAD\n"
120 "(use -f to force removal)", name);
122 else if (!index_only) {
124 errs = error("'%s' has changes staged in the index\n"
125 "(use --cached to keep the file, "
126 "or -f to force removal)", name);
128 errs = error("'%s' has local modifications\n"
129 "(use --cached to keep the file, "
130 "or -f to force removal)", name);
136 static struct lock_file lock_file;
138 static int show_only = 0, force = 0, index_only = 0, recursive = 0, quiet = 0;
139 static int ignore_unmatch = 0;
141 static struct option builtin_rm_options[] = {
142 OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only),
144 OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "cached", &index_only, "only remove from the index"),
145 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "override the up-to-date check"),
146 OPT_BOOLEAN('r', NULL, &recursive, "allow recursive removal"),
147 OPT_BOOLEAN( 0 , "ignore-unmatch", &ignore_unmatch,
148 "exit with a zero status even if nothing matched"),
152 int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
155 const char **pathspec;
158 git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
160 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_rm_options,
161 builtin_rm_usage, 0);
163 usage_with_options(builtin_rm_usage, builtin_rm_options);
168 newfd = hold_locked_index(&lock_file, 1);
170 if (read_cache() < 0)
171 die("index file corrupt");
172 refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
174 pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
176 for (i = 0; pathspec[i] ; i++)
178 seen = xcalloc(i, 1);
180 for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
181 struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
182 if (!match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, seen))
190 for (i = 0; (match = pathspec[i]) != NULL ; i++) {
192 if (!ignore_unmatch) {
193 die("pathspec '%s' did not match any files",
200 if (!recursive && seen[i] == MATCHED_RECURSIVELY)
201 die("not removing '%s' recursively without -r",
202 *match ? match : ".");
210 * If not forced, the file, the index and the HEAD (if exists)
211 * must match; but the file can already been removed, since
212 * this sequence is a natural "novice" way:
216 * Further, if HEAD commit exists, "diff-index --cached" must
217 * report no changes unless forced.
220 unsigned char sha1[20];
221 if (get_sha1("HEAD", sha1))
223 if (check_local_mod(sha1, index_only))
228 * First remove the names from the index: we won't commit
229 * the index unless all of them succeed.
231 for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
232 const char *path = list.name[i];
234 printf("rm '%s'\n", path);
236 if (remove_file_from_cache(path))
237 die("git rm: unable to remove %s", path);
244 * Then, unless we used "--cached", remove the filenames from
245 * the workspace. If we fail to remove the first one, we
246 * abort the "git rm" (but once we've successfully removed
247 * any file at all, we'll go ahead and commit to it all:
248 * by then we've already committed ourselves and can't fail
253 for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
254 const char *path = list.name[i];
255 if (!remove_path(path)) {
260 die("git rm: %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
264 if (active_cache_changed) {
265 if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
266 commit_locked_index(&lock_file))
267 die("Unable to write new index file");