April 13, 2025

Git: stop tracking previously tracked file

If files were tracked, it is not enough to add them to .gitignore for git status to ignore them.

You must also tell git to remove them from the working tree.

To do so, run:

$ git update-index --skip-worktree file1 file2

Source: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-update-index#_skip_worktree_bit

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