title: Git can't commit any removed files, why?
body: <p>I've tried googling for answers, but I haven't found any similar. The problem is that Git, all of a sudden, started showing "No such file or directory" for any file I try to remove.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git rm file_to_remove
  rm 'file_to_remove'
  $ git commit -m "temp"
  Can't open file_to_remove: No such file or directory.
  Can't open file_to_remove: No such file or directory.
  tail: file_to_remove: No such file or directory
  fatal: pathspec 'file_to_remove' did not match any files
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The repository is local only, that is, it hasn't been published anywhere.</p>