From: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, newren@gmail.com,
sandals@crustytoothpaste.net,
Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked
Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 22:41:07 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200506171110.23124-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> (raw)
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>
---
Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
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
-----
--
2.26.2
next reply other threads:[~2020-05-06 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-06 17:11 Shourya Shukla [this message]
2020-05-06 17:11 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] gitfaq: changing the remote of a repository Shourya Shukla
2020-05-06 17:11 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] gitfaq: partial cloning " Shourya Shukla
2020-05-06 17:11 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] gitfaq: fetching and pulling " Shourya Shukla
2020-05-06 18:15 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked Junio C Hamano
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-05-15 17:32 Son Luong Ngoc
2020-05-19 4:53 ` Todd Zullinger
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
List information: http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20200506171110.23124-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com \
--to=shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com \
--cc=git@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=gitster@pobox.com \
--cc=newren@gmail.com \
--cc=sandals@crustytoothpaste.net \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox
https://80x24.org/mirrors/git.git
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).