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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: first para of man gitignore should refer to 'git rm --cached'
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Sitaram Chamarty wrote:

> Perhaps it's the difference between the folks that come to #git and
> those that come to the mailing list.
> 
> But case closed I guess...

Case closed?  I thought you were suggesting an enhancement to the
manual page, to answer the following question (frequently asked or
not):

	If git is already tracking a file, how can I tell git
	it is not supposed to be tracked any more?

And perhaps a bonus question:

	What will happen when I switch between revisions in
	which the file is tracked and not tracked?

I think at least an EXAMPLES section explaining this would be would
be nice.