title: How to git rm files that are on remote origin but not in local?
body: <p>I have some .swp files that were created by my editor and committed previously by accident.  Now I want to merge into master, but need to get rid of these files.  I tried to delete them from my working copy, and then commit.  Now the files are deleted locally but still present in the commit on github.  I have tried <code>git rm path_to_files</code>, but this returns <code>fatal: pathspec 'path_to_files' did not match any files</code>, which seems to confirm that they are totally gone from my local copy.  How can I remove them entirely?  Thanks.</p>