How to use git rm -cached to remove tilde file

Question

I have

~$itial Problem Description.docx

file in my git repo.

I'm guessing its a recovery type file for Microsoft word.

I added it to the repo and pushed by accident.

When I try and do git

rm --cached ~$itial Problem Description.docx

It says -

'~ Problem Description.docx'

did not match any files

How do I

git rm --cached

this? And what do I put in my

.gitignore

to ignore it?

Answer 1

The problem is the shell is interpreting $itial as a (empty) environment variable because of the $. You can prevent the shell from parsing it by using single quotes:

$ git rm '~$itial Problem Description.docx'

How to use git rm -cached to remove tilde file

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