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Re: How to exclude files from "git diff"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 5, 2010, 18:41 UTC
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"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:20 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, I want those files in repository. They are for my personal use only.
>>
>> If you modified some file locally and do not want to see and commit
>> those modifications, you may want to use:
>>
>> git update-index --assume-unchanged foo
>>
>
> I added those files into my repository for bookkeeping purpose. It
> shouldn't go out at all.
Sounds like time to run "rm --cached" to me.  IOW, keep it untracked.
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  1. H.J. LuDec 18, 2009
  2. Jeff KingJan 5, 2010
  3. H.J. LuJan 5, 2010
  4. Dmitry PotapovJan 5, 2010
  5. H.J. LuJan 5, 2010
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 5, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 5, 2010

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