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perpetual_dream

Reputation: 1036

How can I exclude a specific file from git?

I need to exclude dbconfig.php from git repository. How can I remove it from the current indexing in the current repository? Can I exclude it from being added to the repo even when running git add .

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 346

Answers (2)

Nic
Nic

Reputation: 13733

First, remove the file from the index:

git rm --cached dbconfig.php

Then, in the root of the repository, create .gitignore and add dbconfig.php to it.

git add .gitignore and git commit -m "new gitignore" and it should go missing the next time you do a git status or add .

Upvotes: 4

Amber
Amber

Reputation: 526503

Add a file named .gitignore in the repository and put a line in it:

dbconfig.php

Then git add .gitignore and commit it.

If you already committed the file before, you might want to reset to back before you committed it and re-add the other files, omitting the one you don't want tracked. (Removing it and committing again would remove it from tracking, but the history would still be there - assuming the file contains sensitive data, you wouldn't want that.)

http://help.github.com/ignore-files/

Upvotes: 1

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