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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index c7a6271daf..1489cb09a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -549,6 +549,22 @@ The untracked cache extension can be enabled by the `core.untrackedCache` configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). +NOTES +----- + +Users often try to use the assume-unchanged and skip-worktree bits +to tell Git to ignore changes to files that are tracked. This does not +work as expected, since Git may still check working tree files against +the index when performing certain operations. In general, Git does not +provide a way to ignore changes to tracked files, so alternate solutions +are recommended. + +For example, if the file you want to change is some sort of config file, +the repository can include a sample config file that can then be copied +into the ignored name and modified. The repository can even include a +script to treat the sample file as a template, modifying and copying it +automatically. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-config[1], |