Hey folks, > 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> > --- > 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]] This does not work for older xmlto(centos6) for whatever reason. ``` # make doc ... # xmlto -m manpage-normal.xsl -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl -m manpage-base-url.xsl man gitfaq.xml xmlto: /<git-dir>/Documentation/gitfaq.xml does not validate (status 3) xmlto: Fix document syntax or use --skip-validation option /<git-dir>/Documentation/gitfaq.xml:3: element refentry: validity error : Element refentry content does not follow the DTD, expecting (beginpage? , indexterm* , refentryinfo? , refmeta? , (remark | link | olink | ulink)* , refnamediv+ , refsynopsisdiv? , (refsect1+ | refsection+)), got (refmeta refnamediv refsynopsisdiv refsect1 refsect1 refsect1 refsect1 variablelist refsect1 refsect1 ) ``` Build went fine on Centos7 and Centos8 though. I ran a quick sed to temporarily fix the problem ``` sed -i 's/files-in-\.gitignore/files-in-gitignore/g' Documentation/gitfaq.txt ``` But I suggest to just remove the period from this heading. > +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 > ----- > > -- > 2.26.2 Cheers, Son Luong.
