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Reputation: 4782

Git ignore the deletion of a tracked file

scenario

I've a folder /build that is regenerated at each build process. This folder needs to be versioned and the content must be excluded, so in the .gitignore I've added build/* and a /build/.gitkeep to be able to add the folder.

problem

When the content is generated it deletes the .gitkeep file that was previously tracked by git. I would like to know if there is any way to ignore the deletion of this file. I'm looking for a solution that can works across repos, since git update-index --assume-unchanged <file> only seems to work locally and would need to be executed on each clone.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 99

Answers (2)

RossBille
RossBille

Reputation: 1489

This sounds more like something you could achieve with your build tool. What are you using to build? could you look into making a script that writes the .gitkeep file to the build/ folder after a build operation has been executed?

The script would be very simple, along the lines of (in a unix system):

#!/bin/sh
touch build/.gitkeep

Upvotes: 0

Max Yankov
Max Yankov

Reputation: 13327

The assume-unchanged command can be run automatically on each client if you add it in a post-checkout hook in the repo.

Upvotes: 1

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