if (lstat(ce->name, &st) < 0) {
                        if (errno != ENOENT)
-                               fprintf(stderr, "warning: '%s': %s",
-                                       ce->name, strerror(errno));
+                               warning("'%s': %s", ce->name, strerror(errno));
                        /* It already vanished from the working tree */
                        continue;
                }
 
        git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
-       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_rm_options, builtin_rm_usage, 0);
+       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_rm_options,
+                            builtin_rm_usage, 0);
        if (!argc)
                usage_with_options(builtin_rm_usage, builtin_rm_options);
 
 
        if (read_cache() < 0)
                die("index file corrupt");
-       refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
 
        pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
+       refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET, pathspec, NULL, NULL);
+
        seen = NULL;
        for (i = 0; pathspec[i] ; i++)
                /* nothing */;
                                continue;
                        }
                        if (!removed)
-                               die("git rm: %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+                               die_errno("git rm: '%s'", path);
                }
        }