Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of > Git tracking files/paths mentioned in '.gitignore'. > > Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Thank you Junio and Elijah for the review! :) > I have tried to make the solutions to the issues as concise and crisp > as possible, linking the Documentation wherever necessary. Also, I have > converted 1SP -> 2 SP after full stops(.). Indeed I find it concise and very much to the point. Looks quite well written. Thanks, will queue (and please ping me if I forget ;-)) > > Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt > index 1cf83df118..11d9bac859 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt > +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt > @@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which > can then be copied alongside and modified as appropriate. This second, modified > file is usually ignored to prevent accidentally committing it. > > +[[files-in-.gitignore-are-tracked]] > +I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked:: > + A `gitignore` file ensures that certain file(s) which are not > + tracked by Git remain untracked. However, sometimes particular > + file(s) may have been tracked before adding them into the > + `.gitignore`, hence they still remain tracked. To untrack and > + ignore files/patterns, use `git rm --cached <file/pattern>` > + and add a pattern to `.gitignore` that matches the <file>. > + See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. > + > Hooks > -----
