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# Keep File Locally With `git rm`
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Let's say I've added a new file `data.json` to my repo as part of the most
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recent commit. I realize this isn't the point at which I want to add that file.
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So, I do `git rm data.json` and then `git commit --amend` to rework that
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commit.
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However, when I look in my working tree, or even just my file system, I'll
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notice that `data.json` is gone. The `git rm` command completely removed the
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file since it was previously an untracked file.
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To keep `git rm` from tossing out my file like that, I can include the
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`--cached` flag which will remove the file from the index (stages it to be
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`deleted`), but restore it to the working directory.
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```bash
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$ git rm --cached data.json
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```
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See `man git-rm` for more details on the `--cached` flag.
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