Git - Ignore Tracked Files

🌟 Learn How to Ignore Tracked Files in Git! 🌟
In this tutorial, we'll delve into the world of Git version control and explore how to effectively ignore tracked files. Whether you're a seasoned developer or a newcomer to Git, understanding how to manage tracked files is crucial for maintaining a clean and efficient code repository.
📜 Video Overview:
We'll cover the following key points:
🔹 What it means to ignore tracked files in Git.
🔹 How to configure Git to ignore specific files and directories.
🔹 Best practices for managing your .gitignore file.
By the end of this tutorial, you'll have the knowledge and skills to maintain a focused and organized Git repository.
🎯 Who Should Watch:
This tutorial is suitable for:
🔹 Developers working with Git version control.
🔹 Programmers looking to improve their version control skills.
🔹 Anyone interested in maintaining clean and efficient code repositories.
Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your Git skills and streamline your development workflow.
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Configuration files needs to be tracked and committed only once. How can we prevent/freeze future commit on Configuration Files by other users who cloned it ? How do I make Git stop tracking Configuration files, in a way that configuration files should remain in the repository server so that if someone new clones the repo, they should get the file but changes done by that someone new should not be tracked or atleast should not be committed to git remote server ?

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To prevent future commits on configuration files by other users who cloned a Git repository, you can follow these steps:
1.Initial Commit: First, you should commit the configuration files to the repository. This is the only time these files should be committed.
git add config-file1 config-file2
git commit -m "Initial commit of configuration files"
git push
2.Add Files to .gitignore: Create or edit the .gitignore file in your repository to exclude these configuration files from future commits. Add the configuration file patterns to this file.
Create a .gitignore file if it doesn't exist:
touch .gitignore or create one using notepad editor
Edit .gitignore:
config-file1
config-file2
This will make Git ignore any changes to these files.
3.Remove Cached Files: To stop tracking these files if they were previously committed, you need to remove them from Git's cache. Use the git rm --cached command for this:
git rm --cached config-file1 config-file2
4.Commit the .gitignore File: Commit the updated .gitignore file to ensure it takes effect for all users.
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "Add configuration files to .gitignore"
git push
Now, the configuration files will remain in the repository, so new users who clone the repo will still get these files. However, changes made by users to these files will not be tracked or committed to the remote server.
Keep in mind that if someone has already committed changes to these files before you added them to .gitignore, those changes will still be part of the Git history. You can't remove them from the history, but you can prevent future changes from being tracked.