I think the .conf.example approach is probably better, but the answer to your implied question is here: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-update-index https://git-sc

I think the .conf.example approach is probably better, but the answer to your implied question is here: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-update-index https://git-scm.com/docs/git-update-index If you use --assume-unchanged on a file, then git will stop noticing changes at that point. I believe this only applies to your copy of the repo, though.