Git ignore beyond .gitignore

gitignore.md

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 | xargs -0 git update-index --skip-worktree $ git ls-files -z | 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; }