gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked

Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of Git tracking files/paths mentioned in '.gitignore'. Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Shourya Shukla committed May 6, 2020 at 13:30 UTC 60e523632ff7b045a75ed40d8eac26220051ffab

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Documentation/gitfaq.txt

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@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ a file checked into the repository which is a template or set of defaults which

223 can then be copied alongside and modified as appropriate. This second, modified

224 file is usually ignored to prevent accidentally committing it.

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226 +[[files-in-.gitignore-are-tracked]]

227 +I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked::

228 + A `gitignore` file ensures that certain file(s) which are not

229 + tracked by Git remain untracked. However, sometimes particular

230 + file(s) may have been tracked before adding them into the

231 + `.gitignore`, hence they still remain tracked. To untrack and

232 + ignore files/patterns, use `git rm --cached <file/pattern>`

233 + and add a pattern to `.gitignore` that matches the <file>.

234 + See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details.

235 +

236 Hooks

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