From: "Sohom Datta via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sohom Datta <sohom.datta@learner.manipal.edu>,
Sohom <sohom.datta@learner.manipal.edu>
Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify git rm --cached function in gitignore note
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:58:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.862.git.git.1601888338644.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Sohom <sohom.datta@learner.manipal.edu>
Added text explaining that the git rm --cached command
isn't analogous to the gitignore file and that the file
will need to be added to gitignore to prevent later
commits from adding the file back.
Signed-off-by: Sohom Datta <sohom.datta@learner.manipal.edu>
---
docs: Clarify git rm --cached function in gitignore note
Added text explaining that the git rm --cached command isn't analogous
to the gitignore file and that the file will need to be added to
gitignore to prevent later commits from adding the file back.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-862%2Fsohomdatta1%2Fgitignore-note-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-862/sohomdatta1/gitignore-note-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/862
Documentation/gitignore.txt | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index d47b1ae296..22d58df805 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ 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.
EXAMPLES
--------
base-commit: ab4691b67bc1a2cd8d9068fb03e3fbd6979247d6
--
gitgitgadget
next reply other threads:[~2020-10-05 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-05 8:58 Sohom Datta via GitGitGadget [this message]
2023-05-03 0:09 ` [PATCH] docs: clarify git rm --cached function in gitignore note Sohom
2023-05-03 4:32 ` Elijah Newren
2023-05-03 15:31 ` [PATCH v2] " Sohom Datta via GitGitGadget
2023-05-03 17:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-03 21:46 ` [PATCH v3] " Sohom Datta via GitGitGadget
2023-05-07 1:36 ` Elijah Newren
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