test_must_fail git rm nonexistent
'
+test_expect_success 'Call "rm" from outside the work tree' '
+ mkdir repo &&
+ cd repo &&
+ git init &&
+ echo something > somefile &&
+ git add somefile &&
+ git commit -m "add a file" &&
+ (cd .. &&
+ git --git-dir=repo/.git --work-tree=repo rm somefile) &&
+ test_must_fail git ls-files --error-unmatch somefile
+'
+
test_done