git-rm

Remove file from tracking

$ git rm [file.txt]

$ git rm -r [directory/]

$ git rm --cached [file.txt]

$ git rm -f [file.txt]

$ git rm -n [file.txt]

git rm [options] files

git rm removes files from the working tree and the index, staging the removal for the next commit. The `--cached` option removes files from tracking while keeping them on disk, which is useful for files that should have been in `.gitignore`.
Without `--cached`, the file is deleted from both the working tree and the index.

FILES

Files to remove.

Remove from index only, keep file.

Recursive removal.

Force removal.

Show what would be removed.

Exit successfully even if no match.

Display help information.

Without --cached, deletes file from disk. Removal needs to be committed. Use --cached to untrack without deleting.

git rm is a core Git command for removing files from version control, complementing git add.

git-add(1), git-mv(1), rm(1)