From patchwork Wed May 6 08:00:20 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Shourya Shukla X-Patchwork-Id: 11530575 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1031392 for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 08:02:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB5C206DD for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 08:02:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="fIp5MLvR" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728344AbgEFIAo (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 May 2020 04:00:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45688 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728290AbgEFIAo (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 May 2020 04:00:44 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-x443.google.com (mail-pf1-x443.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::443]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0298EC061A0F for ; Wed, 6 May 2020 01:00:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf1-x443.google.com with SMTP id x77so614162pfc.0 for ; Wed, 06 May 2020 01:00:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kOUXWnKVVNY07x46K9+05zWijgWjrRUXm0vAdRPb8HA=; b=fIp5MLvRJc1Cn6m9FMEyWoGyLlV5oMqrtYRq+00vW9FdjCLx5OAGkTFSX44v5PfTN5 BJxdAihNppkmz6KFpKwsnn/fWHrwsw65OJRrqdc8Rormq3rXjmennpnAT40ukTrIBI18 6n3frSlZKkgcfssWUu32cGXLH4AQj55Tuo8MIQ7dH0NU9cRXjJqm2oeogg8RU6AWSi05 p2ARY3yCtJw5VjC5na/u5FvZr9lS/Sqw9xoiar4vpe0ai8S0fUhTrBZzVrXnssGOJfT/ H3EfQu3kRnzlv9whlffZCR8jZyfxMjLpEjlrrUzg46tMI6MjMRvrF6yvO/30gII1ADuy w1HQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kOUXWnKVVNY07x46K9+05zWijgWjrRUXm0vAdRPb8HA=; b=pvO4dLTFHh8dmXNLI3FVb9n3wvaoIIqYhT0JcWysjLce2jA7AWneTU1ojSDngCYSxp Nxh3v+ScaJV0jxHEv3NTi3q2rsNh0UTvkMHZz55Gvz63knRbGok0X7SUxDExLYbfFGrw 9N3VG/Yn3fHhFn/v0RPHfkK+hHvbEfoTMJoWa/8zGngoYY3Z3SBuCBmbdGEicmlFV9md aZu5GsaQfqPhW5xlYZNhaXr9hH5kyKLPyRvdn0NtcNrquk0gsPUXbJbd/TV3u/e8jo+4 Tm21vecl3v3r8RYUpefLkoAbNejxJiyDDcEjCc3DIaUUVeSXVOGCavmuHD4wl+WXqMpX xMMA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuaYlrt8fXbiBzKT/ZcwmkuBkOmeYmJ7AZC7Q1Pb0Z6sVBw2GS5j uNvoP8q72IN0WtB98uVU2KPgu0SpRr3L+Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypLm4BTEU3dZK949a0vtm2AW12LoYVJaFZgopIdboa0tb7L9SPjg9x+JkY5PcUyerBj4ZwyYqA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:a:: with SMTP id h10mr6932817pfk.160.1588752042809; Wed, 06 May 2020 01:00:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from konoha.iitr.ac.in ([103.37.201.177]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s44sm4312629pjc.28.2020.05.06.01.00.39 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 06 May 2020 01:00:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Shourya Shukla To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: gitster@pobox.com, newren@gmail.com, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, Shourya Shukla Subject: [PATCH v6 1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 13:30:20 +0530 Message-Id: <20200506080023.12521-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.26.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of Git tracking files/paths mentioned in '.gitignore'. Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla --- Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt index 1cf83df118..11d9bac859 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt @@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which can then be copied alongside and modified as appropriate. This second, modified file is usually ignored to prevent accidentally committing it. +[[files-in-.gitignore-are-tracked]] +I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked:: + A `gitignore` file ensures that certain file(s) which are not + tracked by Git remain untracked. However, sometimes particular + file(s) may have been tracked before adding them into the + `.gitignore`, hence they still remain tracked. To untrack and + ignore files/patterns, use `git rm --cached ` + and add a pattern to `.gitignore` that matches the . + See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. + Hooks -----