How to ignore subsequent modification of a file

Question

I've a database.json, which should contain the database credential of my Zend project, I wonder if I can commit the file with sample credentials and then ignore it, to avoid other new commits...

this is the file:

{
    "development": {
        "resources": {
            "db": {
                "adapter": "PDO_MYSQL",
                "params": {
                    "host":     "hostname",
                    "username": "username",
                    "password": "password",
                    "dbname":   "dbname"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

cmbuckley · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-17T14:38:37.133

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If you've already tracked a file, adding it to .gitignore won't work - git will still track the modifications. You could use the following:

git update-index --assume-unchanged database.json

You can then revert that assumption with the --no-assume-unchanged flag:

git update-index --no-assume-unchanged database.json

For reference, here's what GitHub have to say on the matter.

edited Sep 17 '13 at 14:38

answered Sep 17 '13 at 10:20

cmbuckley

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It works, but your answer is incorrect, please edit it: "-unchaged" should be "-unchanged", after your correction I will accept it! – cl0udw4lk3r Sep 17 '13 at 12:44
Thanks, never even spotted the typo! – cmbuckley Sep 17 '13 at 14:39

How to ignore subsequent modification of a file

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