Mastering Go - Second Edition

Working with files

When you add or remove one or more files from a repository, git(1) should know about it from you. You can delete a file named a_file.go as follows:

$ rm a_file.go
$ git rm a_file.go
rm 'ch07/a_file.go'
  

Executing git status at this point will generate the following kind of output:

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
    
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
    
    deleted:    a_file.go
  

For changes to take effect you will need to git commit first and git push afterwards:

$ git commit -a -m "Deleting a_file.go"
[master 1b06700] Deleting a_file.go
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 ch07/a_file.go
$ git push
Enumerating objects: 5, done. ...