Git remove deleted files - How to remove multiple deleted files in Git repository

Question

I have deleted some files and git status shows as below.

I have committed and pushed.

GitHub still shows the deleted files in the repository. How can I delete files in the GitHub repository?

# On branch master

# Changes not staged for commit:

#   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)

#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

#

#   deleted:    modules/welcome/language/english/kaimonokago_lang.php

#   deleted:    modules/welcome/language/french/kaimonokago_lang.php

#   deleted:    modules/welcome/language/german/kaimonokago_lang.php

#   deleted:    modules/welcome/language/norwegian/kaimonokago_lang.php

If I use git rm, it gives the following.

usage: git rm [options] [--] <file>...

-n, --dry-run         dry run

-q, --quiet           do not list removed files

--cached              only remove from the index

-f, --force           override the up-to-date check

-r                    allow recursive removal

--ignore-unmatch      exit with a zero status even if                         nothing matched

Answer 1

According to the official git doc, the following command should do the magic: 

$ git add -u 

Now, you must be thinking that the question was asking for ways to "remove multiple deleted files", how add command will do, right? Well, let me explain. 

-u or --update will update the index just where it already has an entry matching <pathspec>. It will remove as well as modify index entries to match the working tree, but adds no new files. If no <pathspec> is given when -u option is used, all tracked files in the entire working tree are updated (old versions of Git used to limit the update to the current directory and its subdirectories).