1git-mv(1) 2========= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git mv' <options>... <args>... 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink. 16 17 git mv [-f] [-n] <source> <destination> 18 git mv [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory> 19 20In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either 21a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>. 22In the second form, the last argument has to be an existing 23directory; the given sources will be moved into this directory. 24 25The index is updated after successful completion, but the change must still be 26committed. 27 28OPTIONS 29------- 30-f:: 31 Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists 32-k:: 33 Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error 34 condition. An error happens when a source is neither existing nor 35 controlled by GIT, or when it would overwrite an existing 36 file unless '-f' is given. 37-n:: 38--dry-run:: 39 Do nothing; only show what would happen 40 41 42Author 43------ 44Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 45Rewritten by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 46Move functionality added by Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> 47 48Documentation 49-------------- 50Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 51 52GIT 53--- 54Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite