hg remove [OPTION]... FILE... aliases: rm remove the specified files on the next commit Schedule the indicated files for removal from the repository. This only removes files from the current branch, not from the entire project history. -A/--after can be used to remove only files that have already been deleted, -f/--force can be used to force deletion, and -Af can be used to remove files from the next revision without deleting them from the working directory. The following table details the behavior of remove for different file states (columns) and option combinations (rows). The file states are Added [A], Clean [C], Modified [M] and Missing [!] (as reported by "hg status"). The actions are Warn, Remove (from branch) and Delete (from disk): A C M ! none W RD W R -f R RD RD R -A W W W R -Af R R R R This command schedules the files to be removed at the next commit. To undo a remove before that, see "hg revert". Returns 0 on success, 1 if any warnings encountered. options: -A --after record delete for missing files -f --force remove (and delete) file even if added or modified -I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns -X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns [+] marked option can be specified multiple times use "hg -v help remove" to show global options