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Joshua Strot
Joshua Strot

Reputation: 2521

How to ignore several directories in Git

I'm going to be uploading several files to a community Git project, and I am only supposed to upload certain files without permission, then ask for permission to upload all the rest should I need to change them. So, I would like Git to just ignore all the directories I don't have permission to freely change, so I can freely upload what I want, and then should the need arise, upload the directories I've changed that I don't have permission to.

What would be the best way about doing this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 89

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1323175

If those directories (you don't have permission to change directly) are already versioned, I wouldn't recommend a .gitignore solution as:

  • you risk to add, commit and push that .gitignore (which the remote repo doesn't want to change)
  • it wouldn't work anyway, without removing those folders from the index (git rm -r --cached /folders/you/dont/have/permission), which in turn risk to be committed and push (the remote repo wants those folders!)

It is best to apply a local solution (which doesn't risk to be pushed by mistake).

Before adding anything, do (for the folder you don't have permission) a:

git update-index --skip-worktree -- /folder

See "using git skip-worktree to disable file updates".
Your git status, git add and git commit should ignore that already versioned folder, even if you have modified/added files in it.

You can reverse that local change with a:

git update-index --no-skip-worktree -- /folder

Upvotes: 2

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