Unscientificall confirmed command-line advice: leave slash off folder you are moving

Submitted by Benjamin Melançon on July 4, 2011 - 8:01am

when renaming something, leave off slashes to be safe

when moving something into another folder, have no slash on the folder you are moving but include the slash on the folder you are moving it to.

For instance:

git mv admin_menu contrib/

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command line tip If renaming a folder, no slashes at all.

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