| 10 | Moving Files in Git |
Performing tasks such as reorganizing files, changing file formats, and so on, requires that files
and sometimes entire directories get moved. git
mv handles this for you.
You provide it with two options: the name of the original file and the new name. This works on files, directories, or symlinks—anything Git can track.
You can move files, directories, and symlinks into other
directories as well. Provide git mv a
directory as the second option, and you’re set.
Git stages the change for you after you call git
mv. You must call git
commit after git mv to
make the move permanent.
git mv won’t overwrite an existing file;
it displays an error instead. You can override this behavior by
providing --force (or
-f ...