From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:16:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/gitignore.txt: Clarify gitignore vs tracked files
Message-ID: <7vabgggyuc.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080717163622.12592.29919.stgit@localhost>

Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

> -git should ignore.  Each line in a `gitignore` file specifies a
> -pattern.
> +git should ignore.
> +Note that all the `gitignore` files really concern only files
> +that are not already tracked by git; there is no direct mechanism
> +to make git ignore your local modifications in already tracked files.

Thanks.

I'd suggest dropping everything after ';'.

 - If you want to keep local changes without ever checking in, you can do
   so by making partial commits.

 - You could mark these paths "assume unchanged".