Unable to delete symlink from git

Question

I accidentally committed a symlink in my git repo. When I deleted the file it linked to, and then deleted the symlink itself, I now get a generic error "Exception caught during execution of add command" if I try to commit the deletion in Egit. If I try to run git commit from the command line, I just get the output:

Changes not staged for commit:
typechange: /path/to/old/symlink

Why isn't git able to commit this change?

Answer 1

Deleting the file (even if it sa sym. link) should be done using git rm command. Eg git rm /path/to/old/symlink and then use git add --all before you can perform git commit

Answer 2

git rm /path/to/symlink
git add /path/to/symlink
git commit -m "your commit message"
git push orgin $YOUR_BRANCH