Prevent git from removing files on checkout

Question

I accidentally indexed a config file that shouldn't be indexed in git.

To remove it, I added it to my .gitignore file and did :

git rm --cached myfile.conf

Now, when I checkout a previous commit (before the deletion) and that I come back to my previous HEAD, git remove myfile.conf from my local file system.

How to avoid this ?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Try to skip the file (git update-index):

git update-index --skip-worktree -- myfile.conf

That should be preserved during checkout as I mentioned here.

If that doesn't work, try the alternative:

git update-index --assume-unchanged -- myfile.conf

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Mar 02 '15 at 13:56

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It seems to work. Do I have to do this on all my repositories ? – Dorian Marchal Mar 02 '15 at 14:05
@DorianMarchal It is local to the repo cloned on your disk. So if you have multiple copies of that repo, each one needs to skip that file. – VonC Mar 02 '15 at 14:11

Prevent git from removing files on checkout

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