Re: How to ignore a modified file?

Re: How to ignore a modified file?

[Quim K Holland]

You can run "git checkout directory".

> Hi, 
>   I run "git status", and I saw the a modified file in a directory.  I want
> to ignore all files in that directory.  I put the directory name into
> .gitignore, but it still shows as modified file.  Why?  How do I ignore the
> directory?
> Thanks.
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Re: How to ignore a modified file?

[Sverre Rabbelier]

Heya,

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 09:53, Quim K Holland <qkholland@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can run "git checkout directory".

Yes, but that would destroy his changes, I do not get the impression
that that's what he wants...

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

Re: How to ignore a modified file?

[Junio C Hamano]

Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> writes:

> Heya,
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 09:53, Quim K Holland <qkholland@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You can run "git checkout directory".
>
> Yes, but that would destroy his changes, I do not get the impression
> that that's what he wants...

Actually, I thought the advises from you two were both horrible without
first qualifying the answers nor asking what was really wanted.

Yours didn't *ignore* changes, but staged (and would result in a later
commit) a different change to these paths, namely removal of them.

"I have these changes but I want to ignore" may mean "I didn't mean to
change them and do not care about them." and "checkout" may be the right
thing to use if that is the case.

Re: How to ignore a modified file?

[Sverre Rabbelier]

Heya,

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:21, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Yours didn't *ignore* changes, but staged (and would result in a later
> commit) a different change to these paths, namely removal of them.

You are of course right, thank you for pointing it out.

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

How to ignore a modified file?

[dealmaker]

Hi, 
  I run "git status", and I saw the a modified file in a directory.  I want
to ignore all files in that directory.  I put the directory name into
.gitignore, but it still shows as modified file.  Why?  How do I ignore the
directory?
Thanks.
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Re: How to ignore a modified file?

[Sverre Rabbelier]

Heya,

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 09:44, dealmaker <vinkhc@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...] How do I ignore [a tracked] directory?

$ git rm -rf --cached dirname && git commit -m "Removed directory from git"

Git will tell you about changes to the contents of the directory until
you stop tracking it. --cached will prevent the folder from actually
being removed from your harddisk.

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

Re: How to ignore a modified file?

[Robin Rosenberg]

torsdag 05 mars 2009 09:44:19 skrev dealmaker <vinkhc@gmail.com>:
> 
> Hi, 
>   I run "git status", and I saw the a modified file in a directory.  I want
> to ignore all files in that directory.  I put the directory name into
> .gitignore, but it still shows as modified file.  Why?  How do I ignore the
> directory?
> Thanks.

git update-index --assume-unchanged <files...>

-- robin