git ignore specific file code example

Example 1: git exclude some files from git commit

To exclude some files from git commit
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syntax  - git update-index --assume-unchanged <filepath>
example - git update-index --assume-unchanged default/config.php

To undo the above command
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syntax  - git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <filepath>
example - git update-index --no-assume-unchanged default/config.php

Example 2: git remove file from gitignore

git rm --cached <file>

Example 3: how to git ignore a file

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

Example 4: gitignore a specific file

$ echo debug.log >> .gitignore $ git rm --cached debug.log rm 'debug.log' $ git commit -m "Start ignoring debug.log"