From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to ignore a modified file?
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:50:37 +0100
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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.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier