Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> writes:

> Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of
> Git tracking files/paths mentioned in '.gitignore'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
> ---
> Thank you Junio and Elijah for the review! :)
> I have tried to make the solutions to the issues as concise and crisp
> as possible, linking the Documentation wherever necessary. Also, I have
> converted 1SP -> 2 SP after full stops(.).

Indeed I find it concise and very much to the point.  Looks quite
well written.

Thanks, will queue (and please ping me if I forget ;-))

>
>  Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> index 1cf83df118..11d9bac859 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> @@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which
>  can then be copied alongside and modified as appropriate.  This second, modified
>  file is usually ignored to prevent accidentally committing it.
>  
> +[[files-in-.gitignore-are-tracked]]
> +I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked::
> +	A `gitignore` file ensures that certain file(s) which are not
> +	tracked by Git remain untracked.  However, sometimes particular
> +	file(s) may have been tracked before adding them into the
> +	`.gitignore`, hence they still remain tracked.  To untrack and
> +	ignore files/patterns, use `git rm --cached <file/pattern>`
> +	and add a pattern to `.gitignore` that matches the <file>.
> +	See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details.
> +
>  Hooks
>  -----