Configure git to ignore some files locally

In this short article, we will show you how to configure git to ignore some files locally.

Sometimes, You may need to exclude files from Git only on your computer. So you can use the simple git command to ignore the files locally without using the `.gitignore` file.

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Ignore files

git update-index --skip-worktree <file-list>
</file-list>

Unignore files

git update-index --no-skip-worktree <file-list>
</file-list>

Get the list of ignored files

git ls-files -v | grep ^S

Install git aliases

You can install git aliases to make it simpler. It will update your aliases node of your config file.

git config --global alias.ignore 'update-index --skip-worktree'
git config --global alias.unignore 'update-index --no-skip-worktree'
git config --global alias.ignored '!git ls-files -v | grep ^S'

Now run the following commands to ignore/unignore or get ignored file list.

// Ignore files
git ignore <file-list>

// Unignore files
git unignore <file-list>

// Get ignored files
git ignored
</file-list></file-list>

That’s it for today.
Thank you for reading. Happy Coding..!! 🙂