Re: tracking file locally without pushing it to remote

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 23, 2011, 12:27 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8BZSWaaNPjQYKXmTHvJ5vbNXBfNCtV78DUJVDuPqtp1Hg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:23 AM, neubyr <neubyr@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have two configuration files in a project which I would like to
> track locally, however avoid pushing them to the remote repository. Is
> it possible do that? Any suggestions on how can it be done?

Manage the configuration files in a different repository (but with the same working tree). Git does not support sharing worktree this way, so it's a bit inconvenient. Maybe other people can give more suggestions.

# Initialize a config repo, place it at $GIT_DIR/config.git so it's hidden GIT_DIR=`git rev-parse --git-dir`/config.git GIT_WORK_TREE=/path/to/worktree git init # Work on all files as usual, when you need to commit config files GIT_DIR=`git rev-parse --git-dir`/config.git git <command>

Create some aliases to shorten the commands. Branch switching will be a problem, since you have to switch branch on two repositories consistently.

-- 
Duy