Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked

> Mostly looks good, but I can't help but nitpick several small items:
> The first sentence alone seems to slightly undercut the answer, so
> it'd be nice to make sure the first two sentences are just one.  Also,
> it doesn't explain how people get into this state, which is probably
> something users are curious about.  The "To ignore and untrack the
> files" lists multiple end results, making it unclear which parts of
> the end results the suggested steps are addressing.  There's also a
> "staging are" typo (should be "staging area").
> 
> How about something like:
> 
> The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files not
> tracked by Git remain untracked.  However, git allows people to
> override the `gitignore` rules by using the --force option to `git
> add`, and sometimes people started tracking a file unintentionally
> before adding a pattern covering it to the gitignore rules.  If you
> want to untrack a file, run `git rm --cached <file>` (and then
> commit).  See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details.