git-update-index --assume-unchanged was never meant to ignore changes
to tracked files (only to spare some stats). So do not suggest it
as a means to achieve that.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/gitignore.txt | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 09e82c3..4fd0442 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ NOTES
The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files
not tracked by Git remain untracked.
-To ignore uncommitted changes in a file that is already tracked,
-use 'git update-index {litdd}assume-unchanged'.
-
To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
'git rm --cached'.
@@ -203,7 +200,6 @@ everything within `foo/bar`):
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rm[1],
-linkgit:git-update-index[1],
linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5],
linkgit:git-check-ignore[1]
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2.2.0.345.g7041aac
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