Delete a file from a Git repo with an apostrophe or quote in the name

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git rm file name with space

I have a Git repository and I'm trying to delete a file but it has a single quote (or apostrophe) (') in the filename.

For example, git'hub.txt

Each time I try to delete the file I type:

git rm git'hub.txt

it goes

git rm git'hub.txt

>

waiting until I end it with another '.

Is there a way to delete this file without it doing that?

This is standard shell escaping: `"git'hub.txt"`, `'git\'hub.txt'`, and `git\'hub.txt` will work in sh standard dialects. — , Nov 04 '12 at 05:41
Found it out, i had to do 'git\'hub.txt'. To the file name. Thanks. — user1797587, Nov 04 '12 at 05:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

What differs from "git rm file name with space" is that, this time, the special character is a simple quote.

A simple quotes are also called strong quoting: they prevent characters from having special meanings... except from the single quote itself.

That is why you need to escape that one.

git rm 'git\'hub.txt'

If the special character had been a space, no escape would have been needed:

git rm 'git hub.txt'

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