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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-05-10 10:23:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-05-10 10:23:29 -0700 |
| commit | f7947450de7ee70019290f702c3f3f2e9a16ffaa (patch) | |
| tree | e993cb355ce21ed9109c269ffbb727acb98fdf72 /Documentation | |
| parent | 40a5d2b79b57378cc36d43d3b30e704100dc1492 (diff) | |
| parent | 0c5308af30f7f3a810aa64e74152a8df7c81e87c (diff) | |
| download | git-f7947450de7ee70019290f702c3f3f2e9a16ffaa.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'sd/doc-gitignore-and-rm-cached'
Doc update.
* sd/doc-gitignore-and-rm-cached:
docs: clarify git rm --cached function in gitignore note
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitignore.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index f2738b10db..4c17f2356c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ 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. Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.gitignore` file in the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is |