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diff --git a/gitignore.html b/gitignore.html index 4252d5687..731f7c825 100644 --- a/gitignore.html +++ b/gitignore.html @@ -955,7 +955,9 @@ those in <code>$GIT_DIR/info/exclude</code>.</p></div> <div class="paragraph"><p>The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files
not tracked by Git remain untracked.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
-<em>git rm --cached</em>.</p></div>
+<em>git rm --cached</em> to remove the file from the index. The filename
+can then be added to the <code>.gitignore</code> file to stop the file from
+being reintroduced in later commits.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a <code>.gitignore</code> file in
the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is
accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem.</p></div>
@@ -1071,7 +1073,7 @@ everything within <code>foo/bar</code>):</p></div> <div id="footer">
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Last updated
- 2021-10-29 16:18:45 PDT
+ 2023-05-10 11:57:07 PDT
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