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Git exclude vs .gitignore

It can be useful to exclude a file in local repo without using a .gitignore file, which is a best practice if the file is one you don't expect other users to generate themselves.

Add it to:

.git/info/exclude

You can also add this git alias, by adding it to your .gitconfig file in the [alias] section:

exclude = !sh -c 'echo "$1" >> .git/info/exclude'

thus:

git exclude SOME_FILE

An interesting alternative is to use the git update-index --skip-worktree SOME_FILE, which will lock the file into its current state and git will ignore future changes to it. See https://compiledsuccessfully.dev/git-skip-worktree/

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