Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitignore.txt: do not suggest assume-unchanged

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 17:06:58 -0800

Michael J Gruber wrote:

> git-update-index --assume-unchanged was never meant to ignore changes
> to tracked files (only to spare some stats). So do not suggest it
> as a means to achieve that.
[...]
> +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> @@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ NOTES
>  The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files
>  not tracked by Git remain untracked.
>  
> -To ignore uncommitted changes in a file that is already tracked,
> -use 'git update-index {litdd}assume-unchanged'.
> -
>  To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
>  'git rm --cached'.

Makes sense.

But we need some advice to replace the paragraph you are deleting.  Is
the idea something like

	Git will not ignore uncommitted changes in a file that is already tracked.
	If you have time to work on that, please contact [email-masked].

(perhaps without that second line)?

Thanks,
Jonathan