Ignoring File Changes in a File Using GIT
The other day I ran into an interesting issue with a Git repository. We needed to have a file included in a repo so it would would get created but we didn’t want to track any of the changes (in this case it was a log file from a legacy application). Normally, if we want to ignore a file inside a repo we add it to a .gitignore file but that wouldn’t work in this case because that would completely ignore the file or track the changes after we’ve added it.
Git has a quick feature that takes the file and ignores any change to it:
git update-index --assume-unchanged path/to/file.txt
Scott Keck-Warren
Scott is the Director of Technology at WeCare Connect where he strives to provide solutions for his customers needs. He's the father of two and can be found most weekends working on projects around the house with his loving partner.
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