Ignoring an already checked-in directory's contents?

Question

I have a git repository that\'s used only to hold graphics and sound files used in several projects. They are all in one directory without sub-directories. Now I just create

Answer 1

If you need to have a tracked file (checked in), but do not want to track further changes of a file while keeping it in your local repository as well as in the remote repository, this can be done with:

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

After that any changes to this file will no longer show up in git status.