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authorMichael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>2014-12-09 12:13:00 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-12-09 14:24:14 -0800
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gitignore.txt: do not suggest assume-unchanged
git-update-index --assume-unchanged was never meant to ignore changes to tracked files (only to spare some stats). So do not suggest it as a means to achieve that. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ NOTES
The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files
not tracked by Git remain untracked.
-To ignore uncommitted changes in a file that is already tracked,
-use 'git update-index {litdd}assume-unchanged'.
-
To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
'git rm --cached'.
@@ -200,7 +197,6 @@ everything within `foo/bar`):
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rm[1],
-linkgit:git-update-index[1],
linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5],
linkgit:git-check-ignore[1]