Re: Ignoring local changes

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Dec 15, 2006, 00:15 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612150114030.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <9e7ab7380612141336p3b930047l3a4a76947239162f@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Pazu wrote:

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> 2006/12/14, Rogan Dawes <discard@dawes.za.net>:
> 
> > Why not remove it from the repo, then set .gitignore?
> > 
> > If it is generated code, or compiled code, it probably shouldn't be in
> > the repo in the first place . . . Simply correct that mistake, and you
> > are good to go.
> 
> Basically, because I don't want to mess with the upstream. I know, I
> can remove them only from my local branch, and never push the commit
> that removed the files, and that's what I'll probably do if there's no
> other way -- but it would be best if I could just ignore the files. It
> doesn't sound unreasonable, does it?

It is not unreasonable. But I could not find an easy way to do it with git. It should be easy to hack it into it, though.

Ciao, Dscho