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Some projects may have files that should be skipped in Git diff but still show in Git status (and be tracked). This can be made possible with a custom diff driver that uses a no-op command.

Adapted from StackOverflow - @KurzedMetal.

Custom diff driver

Create a global no-op diff command driver with the following command. Note that driver can be limited to local respository by removing the --global flag.

git config diff.nodiff.command /bin/true

Apply diff driver

Assign the new diff driver to files that should be ignored in the repository .git/info/attributes file.

*.asset diff=nodiff

# Example with other attributes
*.asset diff=nodiff merge=unityyamlmerge eol=lf

A committed .gitattributes file may be used to share modified attributes with other developers; however, they will also need a custom nodiff driver!

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