diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/GitSync/GitSyncHandler.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/GitSync/GitSyncHandler.mjs
index 03f8828dea..19340f91e9 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/GitSync/GitSyncHandler.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/GitSync/GitSyncHandler.mjs
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ async function pushToRemote(
   // skipped by git add -A when the directory mtime hasn't changed since the last checkout.
   if (pushFiles) {
     if (subPath) {
-      await spawnGit(['rm', '-r', '--cached', '--ignore-unmatch', '--', subPath], repoDir)
+      await spawnGit(['rm', '-rf', '--cached', '--ignore-unmatch', '--', subPath], repoDir)
       await spawnGit(['add', '--', subPath], repoDir)
     } else {
       await spawnGit(['add', '-A'], repoDir)