title: Can you move files outside of a repository?
body: <p>A little context. I am doing an assignment that requires me to replace the placeholder index.html file with a login screen for my website. It is structured as so:</p>
  <pre><code>public.html
  |   index.html
  |   index.html.orig
  |
  |---dashboard(repository)
      |   dashboard.html
      |   index.html
      |   style.css
      |   README.md
  </code></pre>
  <p>This is what I've been trying to do:
  <code>cd public_html/dashboard</code>
  <code>git mv -f index.html ../</code>
  and it gives me <code>fatal: '..' is outside repository</code>. I am at a loss for what to do and I would greatly appreciate any help.</p>