Get git not to show untracked files

Question

When doing git commit, is there a way to not display the untracked files in my editor (defined in $EDITOR)? I know how to do so in the shell (

Answer 1

You can temporary use the git commit option -uno to mask untracked files (git help commit).

If you want a permanent solution use the .gitignore file.

For instance, if you want to ignore the file bar.foo and any file with the .bak extension, you juste have to create a .gitignore file in the root directory of your project containing :

bar.foo
*.bak

Some file are ignored by a global gitignore file (for instance, dot file and directory are ignored).