removing added-in-error files

Matt Nordhoff mnordhoff at mattnordhoff.com
Thu Dec 6 04:50:25 GMT 2007


Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> After an "add" of a directory picked up some things left lying
> around in it, I tried to clean up before committing:
> 
> $ bzr help rm
> Purpose: Remove files or directories.
> Usage:   bzr remove [FILE...]
> 
> Options:
>   --new          Remove newly-added files.
> ....
> 
> $ bzr rm --new python.man*
> bzr: ERROR: Can't remove changed or unknown files:
> added:
>   Python/interpreter/python.man
>   Python/interpreter/python.man.xml
> Use --keep to not delete them, or --force to delete them regardless.
> 
> 
> Huh?  they're neither changed nor unknown, they're "added", and the
> help just told me to use --new to remove newly-added files.
> 
> Something's not sounding logical to me.

Well, the workaround is to use "bzr revert" on the files.
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