How do i remove a file in a git repository?

giraffelife

Here is a test git repository, with these file in it.

$ ls
lastorders.php  NewUser.txt  README.md  Test.php

To remove the file from the git repository

$ git rm lastorders.php
rm 'lastorders.php'

Check the status.

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

	deleted:    lastorders.php

```bash
**Commit the change.**
$ git commit -m "removed lastorders.php file"
[master e8fc60e] removed lastorders.php file
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 lastorders.php

Check the status.

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commits.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working directory clean

If you want to remove only the file from the git repository but not the filesystem, use this command, git with the cached option, see git rm man page

$ git rm --cached lastorders.php 
rm 'lastorders.php'
$ ls
lastorders.php  NewUser.txt  README.md  Test.php

Check status show a file deleted from git repository & an untracked file, because git goes not know about it after the remove command.

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

	deleted:    lastorders.php

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

	lastorders.php