.gitignore doesn't stop changes being tracked in files

Question

Changes I make to a file that\'s within my .gitignore are being tracked by git.

File structure:

.gitignore
wp-config.php

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Answer 1

With .gitignore, only untracked files are ignored.

Once the file has been added, change to that file are not ignored.

In this case, you should use assume-unchanged or skip-worktree instead.

git update-index --assume-unchanged -- wp-config.php

or

git update-index --skip-worktree -- wp-config.php