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From: Raphael Zimmerer <killekulla@rdrz.de>
Subject: Re: Excluding files from git-diff
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:08:51 +0200
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 04:53:13PM +0200, Erik Hahn wrote:
> I'm currently working on a script whose developer does not use
> git. Hence, when I mail him the patch, I don't want to include the
> .gitignore file. Is it possible to exclude a file from git-diff (except
> not adding it to git, of course?)

Just add the content of .gitignore to .git/info/exclude, and remove
.gitignore from the repository.

Raphael