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| author | Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> | 2020-05-06 11:00:20 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-05-06 21:12:22 +0300 |
| commit | 60e523632ff7b045a75ed40d8eac26220051ffab (patch) | |
| tree | b5f2e43ac1d2d1c6bef5e12c2307d01712c40810 /Documentation/gitfaq.txt | |
| parent | 07d8ea56f2ecb64b75b92264770c0a664231ce17 (diff) | |
gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked
Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of
Git tracking files/paths mentioned in '.gitignore'.
Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitfaq.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt index 1cf83df118..11d9bac859 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt @@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which can then be copied alongside and modified as appropriate. This second, modified file is usually ignored to prevent accidentally committing it. +[[files-in-.gitignore-are-tracked]] +I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked:: + A `gitignore` file ensures that certain file(s) which are not + tracked by Git remain untracked. However, sometimes particular + file(s) may have been tracked before adding them into the + `.gitignore`, hence they still remain tracked. To untrack and + ignore files/patterns, use `git rm --cached <file/pattern>` + and add a pattern to `.gitignore` that matches the <file>. + See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. + Hooks ----- |