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I have added a file named "file1.txt" to git repo. After that I committed it, added a couple directories called dir1 and dir2, and committed them to git repo.

Now the current repo has "file1.txt", dir1 and dir2.
How can I delete "file1.txt" without affecting others like dir1 and dir2?

 

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Use git rm to remove file1.txt:

git rm file1.txt

git commit -m "remove file1.txt"

In order to remove the file only from the Git repository, not from the filesystem, use:

git rm --cached file1.txt

git commit -m "remove file1.txt"

And to push changes to the remote repository use the following command: 

git push origin branch_name 

For more commands like this please go through the following tutorial that will help you understand the git

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