Where does “git update-index --assume-unchanged file” actually save this information to?

Question

I like to modify config files directly (like .gitignore and .git/config) instead of remembering arbitrary commands, but I don\'t know where Git stores the file references th

Answer 1

It says where in the command - git update-index

So you can't really be editing the index as it is not a text file.

Also, to give more detail on what is stored with the git update-index --assume-unchanged command, see the Using “assume unchanged” bit section in the manual