1git-mv(1) 2========= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-mv - Script used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink. 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git-mv' [-f] [-n] <source> <destination> 12'git-mv' [-f] [-k] [-n] <source> ... <destination directory> 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink. 17In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either 18a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>, which must not exist. 19In the second form, the last argument has to be an existing 20directory; the given sources will be moved into this directory. 21 22The index is updated after successful completion, but the change must still be 23committed. 24 25OPTIONS 26------- 27-f:: 28 Force renaming or moving even targets exist 29-k:: 30 Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error 31 condition. An error happens when a source is neither existing nor 32 controlled by GIT, or when it would overwrite an existing 33 file unless '-f' is given. 34-n:: 35 Do nothing; only show what would happen 36 37 38Author 39------ 40Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 41Rewritten by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 42Move functionality added by Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> 43 44Documentation 45-------------- 46Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 47 48GIT 49--- 50Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 51