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!Stop tracking changes of a file with git

June 2023 · 1 minute read

Posted in:  git 



For very rare situations this git command is very handy. I use this on my
_dotfiles_ repository on a config file that I don't need to update recent
changes (like htoprc).

## Ignore an already tracked file

```console
$ git update-index --assume-unchanged <filename>
```

## Start tracking again

```console
$ git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <filename>
```

Source: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/23673910>

## List untracked files

To list all files with the assumed-unchanged bit set, run this command.

```console
$ git ls-files -v | grep "^h"
h go.mod
h go.sum
```

The lowercase <kbd>h</kbd> indicates that.


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