Git - Creating a .gitignore file

Question

I\'m looking to create a .gitignore file so certain files are do not get checked in to the repository. Does anyone have a guide on how and where to place this f

Answer 1

From the link @thescientist has posted:

Git lets you ignore those files by assuming they are unchanged. This is done by running the

git update-index --assume-unchanged path/to/file.txt

command. Once marking a file as such, git will completely ignore any changes on that file; they will not show up when running git status or git diff, nor will they ever be committed.