git2r (version 0.10.1)

rm_file: Remove files from the working tree and from the index

Description

Remove files from the working tree and from the index

Usage

rm_file(repo, path)

## S3 method for class 'git_repository,character': rm_file(repo, path)

Arguments

repo
The repository object.
path
character vector with filenames to remove. The path must be relative to the repository's working folder. Only files known to Git are removed.

Value

  • invisible(NULL)

Examples

Run this code
## Initialize a repository
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)
repo <- init(path)

## Create a user
config(repo, user.name="Alice", user.email="alice@example.org")

## Create a file
writeLines("Hello world!", file.path(path, "file-to-remove.txt"))

## Add file to repository
add(repo, "file-to-remove.txt")
commit(repo, "First commit message")

## Remove file
rm_file(repo, "file-to-remove.txt")

## View status of repository
status(repo)

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