Question

Say I have a file system that includes:

file1.java
file2.java
file3.java
file4.java

And I just finished a commit that has betterfile.java that is supposed to replace file1,2,3 and 4. So I am about to commit betterfile.java and now I have no use for the other files. So how do I delete them from the next commit. How could I remove all of the other files (file1, file2, etc.) from the commit I’m about to do, but still keep them historically?

Answer 1

git rm file1.java file2.java file3.java file4.java
git add betterfile.java
git status # See that the files are removed, and betterfile.java is staged
git commit