Add --ignore-unmatch option to exit with zero status when no files are removed.

Signed-off-by: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
index b051ccb6d6d47d7fdb41ba27e3e42c82a4460608..a65f24a0f698eb801ac43bba5aa7dc746e96edc0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--] <file>...
+'git-rm' [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ OPTIONS
        the paths only from the index, leaving working tree
        files.
 
+\--ignore-unmatch::
+       Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
+
 \--quiet::
        git-rm normally outputs one line (in the form of an "rm" command)
        for each file removed. This option suppresses that output.

diff --git a/builtin-rm.c b/builtin-rm.c
index b77b058e38c9a2b148f3c4deffa13945ee7daef6..4a0bd93c8b3b644fb86ce05686b09d79b180bffc 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-rm.c
+++ b/builtin-rm.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "tree-walk.h"
 
 static const char builtin_rm_usage[] =
-"git-rm [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--quiet] [--] <file>...";
+"git-rm [-f] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...";
 
 static struct {
        int nr, alloc;
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        int i, newfd;
        int show_only = 0, force = 0, index_only = 0, recursive = 0, quiet = 0;
+       int ignore_unmatch = 0;
        const char **pathspec;
        char *seen;
 
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        recursive = 1;
                else if (!strcmp(arg, "--quiet"))
                        quiet = 1;
+               else if (!strcmp(arg, "--ignore-unmatch"))
+                       ignore_unmatch = 1;
                else
                        usage(builtin_rm_usage);
        }
@@ -155,14 +158,24 @@ int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        if (pathspec) {
                const char *match;
+               int seen_any = 0;
                for (i = 0; (match = pathspec[i]) != NULL ; i++) {
-                       if (!seen[i])
-                               die("pathspec '%s' did not match any files",
-                                   match);
+                       if (!seen[i]) {
+                               if (!ignore_unmatch) {
+                                       die("pathspec '%s' did not match any files",
+                                           match);
+                               }
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               seen_any = 1;
+                       }
                        if (!recursive && seen[i] == MATCHED_RECURSIVELY)
                                die("not removing '%s' recursively without -r",
                                    *match ? match : ".");
                }
+
+               if (! seen_any)
+                       exit(0);
        }
 
        /*

diff --git a/t/t3600-rm.sh b/t/t3600-rm.sh
index da9da9218065678a5f223143e3d3de2b928e7114..0a97b75288d44cf93e0a8f8d9ab1b76715f946d1 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t3600-rm.sh
+++ b/t/t3600-rm.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ test_expect_success \
     'When the rm in "git-rm -f" fails, it should not remove the file from the index' \
     'git-ls-files --error-unmatch baz'
 
+test_expect_success 'Remove nonexistent file with --ignore-unmatch' '
+       git rm --ignore-unmatch nonexistent
+'
+
 test_expect_success '"rm" command printed' '
        echo frotz > test-file &&
        git add test-file &&