Git Pull While Ignoring Local Changes?

Question

Is there a way to do a git pull that ignores any local file changes without blowing the directory away and having to perform a git clone?

Answer 1

.gitignore

"Adding unwanted files to .gitignore works as long as you have not initially committed them to any branch. "

Also you can run:

git update-index --assume-unchanged filename

https://chamindac.blogspot.com/2017/07/ignoring-visual-studio-2017-created.html