Question

When I delete a file (or rename it) by using mv, rm or some other facility, the file shows as deleted when I do git status:

# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#   deleted:    ../src/main/..../myFile.java

Before creating a commit, it is cumbersome to do git rm <file> for each file, particularly as there is no auto-completion in the terminal for a file which isn’t there.

Is there a shorter way to remove the deleted files from the set of files tracked by git?

Thanks

Answer 1

I believe git add -u will do what you wish, from the documentation:

-u
--update
  Only match <filepattern> against already tracked files in the index 
  rather than the working tree. That means that it will never stage new
  files, but that it will stage modified new contents of tracked files
  and that it will remove files from the index if the corresponding file
  in the working tree have been removed.

Reference: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-add