Git ignore beyond .gitignore

gitignore.sh

# There are times when you want to ignore files that are already managed with Git locally.
# This can be achieved using `git update-index` command. 

# For ignoring entire paths recursively, one can use the following commands:
git ls-files -z <path> | xargs -0 git update-index --skip-worktree
git ls-files -z <path> | xargs -0 git update-index --assume-unchanged

# Aliases can be created to ease usage:

# checks for any files flagged w/ --skip-worktree alias
check="git ls-files -v|grep '^S'"
 
# add --skip-worktree flag to file
skip() {  git ls-files -z "$@" | xargs -0 git update-index --skip-worktree;  git status; }
 
# remove --skip-worktree flag from file
unskip() {  git ls-files -z "$@" | xargs -0 git update-index --no-skip-worktree;  git status; }