I have created a default version of a file included in a git repository. It\'s important that when someone clones the repository, they get a copy of this file. However, I
What you are searching for is git update-index --assume-unchanged default_values.txt.
git update-index --assume-unchanged default_values.txt
See the docs for more details: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-update-index.html