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+++ title = 'Stop tracking changes of a file with git' aliases = '/posts/2023-06-04-stop-tracking-changes-of-a-file-with-git' summary = '''Don't overuse this; it could get a bit more complicated to track down errors when ignoring changes of files...''' date = '2023-06-04T18:00:51+02:00' lastmod = '2024-09-28T23:48:06+0000' categories = [ 'computerstuff' ] tags = [ 'git' ]
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For very rare situations this git command is very handy. I use this on my dotfiles repository on a config file that I don't need to update recent changes (like htoprc).
Ignore an already tracked file
$ git update-index --assume-unchanged <filename>
Start tracking again
$ git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <filename>
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23673910
List untracked files
To list all files with the assumed-unchanged bit set, run this command.
$ git ls-files -v | grep "^h"
h go.mod
h go.sum
The lowercase h indicates that.