Michael J Gruber wrote:
> 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.
[...]
> +++ 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'.
Makes sense.
But we need some advice to replace the paragraph you are deleting. Is
the idea something like
Git will not ignore uncommitted changes in a file that is already tracked.
If you have time to work on that, please contact git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
(perhaps without that second line)?
Thanks,
Jonathan
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