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Show HN: make git ignore certain changed files in repo

11 points by false 15y ago

pavel_lishin 15y ago
I'm going to try this next week; this is something we could use at work. Plus, can't beat the license.
- false 15y ago
  I'd be happy to hear your testimonials! I use it at work everyday, it comes in very handy when you need to keep some changes only specific to your local setup (monkey patching, javascript page speed measurements, weird php local config stuff, etc, etc).
angelbob 15y ago
Nice! I remember being surprised that .gitignore didn't do this.
- false 15y ago
  Right, gitignore can only help with untracked files, not tracked and changed. Back in the day when I was using SVN, its ignore-on-commit feature (GUI only, but anyway) was incredibly useful.
joemi 15y ago
I'm a little confused by what this does... Can't you just not 'git add' a file to have git ignore its changes?
- false 15y ago
  The file still shows up in status and, the most important, changes from file still shows up in 'add|checkout|reset -p' which I use all the time.
- jeffclark 15y ago
  gitignore only works on files that haven't been added. This looks like it's for files already being tracked.
jcsalterego 15y ago
For those who aren't familiar with the git subcommand, `git update-index --[no-]assume-unchanged` is at the core of this script. It's useful for ignoring checked-in files locally, such as overriding app config settings for a local dev server.
- landhar 15y ago
  How is this better than creating a local branch ?
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  - false 15y ago
    This has nothing to do with branching. Here is the idea I tried to replicate http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-commit.html#tsvn-dug-commit-ignore http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-...
waffle_ss 15y ago
These are the aliases I have set in my .gitconfig for a similar (same?) purpose: [alias] ignore = !git update-index --assume-unchanged unignore = !git update-index --no-assume-unchanged ignored = !git ls-files -v | grep "^[[:lower:]]" Usage: `git ignore foo.rb`, `git unignore foo.rb`; `git ignored` to list all currently ignored files.
- false 15y ago
  Awesome, that'll do as well, thanks

11 points by false 15y ago

pavel_lishin 15y ago

I'm going to try this next week; this is something we could use at work. Plus, can't beat the license.

false 15y ago
I'd be happy to hear your testimonials! I use it at work everyday, it comes in very handy when you need to keep some changes only specific to your local setup (monkey patching, javascript page speed measurements, weird php local config stuff, etc, etc).

angelbob 15y ago

Nice! I remember being surprised that .gitignore didn't do this.

false 15y ago
Right, gitignore can only help with untracked files, not tracked and changed. Back in the day when I was using SVN, its ignore-on-commit feature (GUI only, but anyway) was incredibly useful.

joemi 15y ago

I'm a little confused by what this does... Can't you just not 'git add' a file to have git ignore its changes?

false 15y ago
The file still shows up in status and, the most important, changes from file still shows up in 'add|checkout|reset -p' which I use all the time.
jeffclark 15y ago
gitignore only works on files that haven't been added. This looks like it's for files already being tracked.

jcsalterego 15y ago

For those who aren't familiar with the git subcommand, `git update-index --[no-]assume-unchanged` is at the core of this script. It's useful for ignoring checked-in files locally, such as overriding app config settings for a local dev server.

landhar 15y ago
How is this better than creating a local branch ?
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]
- false 15y ago
  This has nothing to do with branching. Here is the idea I tried to replicate http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-commit.html#tsvn-dug-commit-ignore http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-...

waffle_ss 15y ago

These are the aliases I have set in my .gitconfig for a similar (same?) purpose: [alias] ignore = !git update-index --assume-unchanged unignore = !git update-index --no-assume-unchanged ignored = !git ls-files -v | grep "^[[:lower:]]" Usage: `git ignore foo.rb`, `git unignore foo.rb`; `git ignored` to list all currently ignored files.

false 15y ago
Awesome, that'll do as well, thanks