How do I git rm a file without deleting it from disk? [duplicate]
The command removes the file in my system. I meant it to remove only the file from Git-repository.
How can I remove the file from a Git repository, without removing the file in my system?
git rm --cached file
should do what you want.
You can read more details at git help rm
I tried experimenting with the answers given. My personal finding came out to be:
git rm -r --cached .
And then
git add .
This seemed to make my working directory nice and clean. You can put your fileName in place of the dot.