How to unversion file in git and still keep it -


let's have file passwords, blank them out , commit/push. after git stop updating file, since putting in passwords in local git repo, don't want have remove them every time commit/push.

is there way unversion file in git still keep it?

my repo structure this:

> my-repo     > folder1         > ... other stuff     > folder2         > ... other stuff     > folder3                     > ... other stuff         > launch.sh 

i opened .git/info/exclude , added (last) line:

# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude # lines start '#' comments. # project in c, following set of # exclude patterns (uncomment them if want use them): # *.[oa] # *~ folder3/launch.sh 

but nothing happens, git keeps versioning file , changes it, when add password, shows in git diff.

there 2 possibilities:

the better option git mv passwords.conf passwords.conf.example , add passwords.conf .gitignore. is, don't put actual passwords file in git repo, template can used when people configure installation. setup script might conditional copy here.

the worse option use git update-index --assume-unchanged. seriously, please don't. among other reasons, because have teach every single person cloning repo.


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