Limit the files while deploying - git

Question

I am using Gitlab to deploy my application.

I have few files that needs to be synced to the Gitlab but dont want that to be deployed to the Production.

eg: read.md,notes,snippets.

I know that adding the files to the .gitignore will do the task but it will completely ignore the files.

Are there any other alternative?

@Christoph yes, coz I am now manually deleting those files :( — mightyteja, Mar 16 '19 at 20:23
Git is a version control tool, not a deployment tool. Search for deployment tools and you'll find plenty of things that can do what you want. Asking for recommendations like this is off-topic here. — ChrisGPT was on strike, Mar 16 '19 at 22:06

Romain Valeri · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-17T11:47:10.253

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There is a way to tell git not to take changes into account specific files :

git update-index --skip-worktree path/to/file

(doc)

You can set it before deploying to production, and unset it for your everyday exchanges on gitlab.

(The question about the respective interests of using --skip-worktree or --assume-unchanged has already been answered here, you might want to take a look.)

edited Mar 17 '19 at 11:47

answered Mar 17 '19 at 00:37

Romain Valeri

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