From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7F01FA04 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:38:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726682AbgD2Jif (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:38:35 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43938 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726524AbgD2Jif (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:38:35 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-x443.google.com (mail-pf1-x443.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::443]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94166C03C1AD for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:38:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf1-x443.google.com with SMTP id w65so822131pfc.12 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:38:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7qOwEeinbVqx+UYY5VFmoBU1ACTweIPnGxyxsZHBkyw=; b=bgjn7N07LmdQKWqeNEh3lTHPtTh1kr2jiSDJFfWFXxk4EQAq/Qq7JseIuZeb5Qt/Kt A8/qGFgqxsj+OB9HgW9NMRaMgtXIpiJSXzM22fhbwzXfKhHvVTMR23oevcz+11ZQr4Y8 5wBcP+K9Sjk0jYoNRUT0tQ4AGFRbenCoWyGQovQUYpagiBqx608g1mJ9tYYi/Aavpd1a s1/zs5W2Pzc27RLQSLJl2AIQQCu2pFlCDQjGIYE6Um9xjMk4JNT/CXO8IiY/8pkhlzV4 mMEOFtCXwKqjoG1Iz/+HuBPsVZafCXMukhq7cpRMi1ScS+4+1DuJcj0/DjWNX5PAGOUf BOvQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7qOwEeinbVqx+UYY5VFmoBU1ACTweIPnGxyxsZHBkyw=; b=EbEGpm2as0QT+C/aPpunrEMX+0QaQK3uAWTYC04Cc/REanuG5ygu6qTmKOzYqxZpKa 1jzwwgozatNtfetfce+4OQq1QLcUk8K4BvKvKCUU/HmhPX9OwX6tGgI44j95WE681Njb 7BYyrOoVrn04dSae/h2y+/xKpLpIdi65m5J01NooM6hbnag3n00MFTxp0XQ45afXH40O v3S9j5OzVdC2Tftw9ZOYjraq+jnUzBR5pwY0pXw48JzXrYmoKIksaGx5wcNJVjmhoiF8 fSA73dljnCXJdUrcz6V3e51PsWBgp0O46y+8NBWm/NuBbxoahstOkC+Tf9dl1hcqf6vn tGUQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuYYjj+YKEVt1HRWFbVhrPFY2w26TldppDpWPxb83Au5h3FVVZBI TDOMh6Fy0XPBE78hOm7E7TGGe9Ykywo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypK2tFEUjUNtI+Fs7tR2KS7AYaJ0SOPLgX8VI9HB+0v733P+idBefHXpm/1KQ0+y0YePIk9o0g== X-Received: by 2002:a63:c604:: with SMTP id w4mr31490271pgg.270.1588153114601; Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from konoha.iitr.ac.in ([103.37.201.176]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o30sm667721pgn.12.2020.04.29.02.38.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:38:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Shourya Shukla To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: gitster@pobox.com, newren@gmail.com, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, Shourya Shukla Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:08:08 +0530 Message-Id: <20200429093811.8475-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.26.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of Git tracking files/paths mentioned in '.gitignore'. Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla --- Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt index 1cf83df118..b1e758ffd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt @@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ 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 specifies intentionally untracked files + that Git should ignore. Files already tracked by Git are + not affected. See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. + To ignore and untrack the files appearing in the staging are + it is advised to use `git rm --cached `as well as make + the file pattern is mentioned in the '.gitignore'. + Hooks ----- -- 2.26.2