Automatically remove files in GIT repository after renaming them

Question

I usually does the following with

$ mv file1.py file2.py
$ git add .
$ git rm file1.py

How can I skip the last step? So that whenever I add the newly name files it will automatically remove the old one file1.py in the git repository.

I know I can do git mv file1.py file2.py . But in my workflow I tend to do many mv commands and prefer to add and commit them at the very end.

Answer 1

If you want to stage all current files you can do it with git add -u So you can try the following combination:

git add . #add new files
git add -u #stage removed files

Example

 lol4t0@lol4t0-VirtualBox:~/gtets$ mv foo bar lol4t0@lol4t0-VirtualBox:~/gtets$ git status On branch master 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: foo Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) bar no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") lol4t0@lol4t0-VirtualBox:~/gtets$ git add -u lol4t0@lol4t0-VirtualBox:~/gtets$ git status On branch master Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) deleted: foo Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) bar lol4t0@lol4t0-VirtualBox:~/gtets$ git add . lol4t0@lol4t0-VirtualBox:~/gtets$ git status On branch master Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) renamed: foo -> bar