gistfile1.txt

thomasn@titan /tmp/b/a
$ ls -la
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 thomasn thomasn  96 Nov 26 12:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 thomasn thomasn  72 Nov 26 12:54 ..
drwxr-xr-x 7 thomasn thomasn 400 Nov 26 12:59 .git
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomasn thomasn   4 Nov 26 12:58 f1
thomasn@titan /tmp/b/a
$ git pull
remote: Counting objects: 3, done.
remote: Total 2 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (2/2), done.
From /tmp/b/../a
   5121d80..8dff6e3  master     -> origin/master
Updating 5121d80..8dff6e3
Fast-forward
 f1 |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 f1
thomasn@titan /tmp/b/a
$ ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 thomasn thomasn  72 Nov 26 13:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 thomasn thomasn  72 Nov 26 12:54 ..
drwxr-xr-x 7 thomasn thomasn 400 Nov 26 13:00 .git