var nodegit = require("../"),

path = require("path"),

fileName = "newfile.txt";

/**

* This example deletes a certain file `newfile.txt`,

* removes it from the git index and commits it to head. Similar to a

* `git rm newfile.txt` followed by a `git commit`. Use add-and-commit.js

* to create the file first.

**/

var _repository;

var _index;

var _oid;

//open a git repo

nodegit.Repository.open(path.resolve(__dirname, "../.git"))

.then(function(repo) {

_repository = repo;

return repo.refreshIndex();

})

.then(function(index){

_index = index;

})

.then(function() {

//remove the file from the index...

return _index.removeByPath(fileName);

})

.then(function() {

return _index.write();

})

.then(function() {

return _index.writeTree();

})

.then(function(oid) {

_oid = oid;

return nodegit.Reference.nameToId(_repository, "HEAD");

})

.then(function(head) {

return _repository.getCommit(head);

})

.then(function(parent) {

var author = nodegit.Signature.now("Scott Chacon",

"schacon@gmail.com");

var committer = nodegit.Signature.now("Scott A Chacon",

"scott@github.com");

return _repository.createCommit("HEAD", author, committer,

"message", _oid, [parent]);

})

.then(function(commitId) {

// the file is removed from the git repo, use fs.unlink now to remove it

// from the filesystem.

console.log("New Commit:", commitId.allocfmt());

})

.done();