hg remove problem

[Neal Becker]

Neal Becker wrote:

> hg help remove
> hg remove [OPTION]... FILE...
> 
> remove the specified files on the next commit
> 
>     Schedule the indicated files for removal from the repository.
> 
>     This only removes files from the current branch, not from the
>     entire project history.  If the files still exist in the working
>     directory, they will be deleted from it.  If invoked with --after,
>     files that have been manually deleted are marked as removed.
> 
> 
> [nbecker at nbecker4 mod]$ hg remove --after matrix.hpp
> matrix.hpp: No such file or directory
> matrix.hpp: No such file or directory
> 
> Doesn't this contradict the stated help documentation?

I see now that the file I tried to rm had never been added.  My mistake. 
Error message is confusing.  Should say 'foo not in inventory', or 'nothing
known about foo' or something like this.