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| author | Sohom Datta <sohom.datta@learner.manipal.edu> | 2023-05-03 21:46:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-05-03 14:59:34 -0700 |
| commit | 0c5308af30f7f3a810aa64e74152a8df7c81e87c (patch) | |
| tree | c1df62265d35da1071fa823d5c03505db6268e32 /Documentation/gitignore.txt | |
| parent | ec583449067bab5b800ecc63926f35c9dae96fa1 (diff) | |
| download | git-0c5308af30f7f3a810aa64e74152a8df7c81e87c.tar.gz | |
docs: clarify git rm --cached function in gitignore note
Explain to users that the step to untrack a file will not also prevent them
from getting added in the future.
Signed-off-by: Sohom Datta <sohom.datta@learner.manipal.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitignore.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index f2738b10db..4c17f2356c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files not tracked by Git remain untracked. To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use -'git rm --cached'. +'git rm --cached' to remove the file from the index. The filename +can then be added to the `.gitignore` file to stop the file from +being reintroduced in later commits. Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.gitignore` file in the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is |