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Can you remove a file from Mercurial without removing it from the filesystem like Git?

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Mar 15, 202617155 views

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I've got some files in a repo that I don't want tracked, is it possible to remove them without removing the actual files from the filesystem? This would be equivalent to git's .

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rm --cached

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You can use if files have just been added, however if the files have already been committed use . The help is a bit misleading, it should be .

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