Git ignore deleted files

Question

I have a website project that has more than 50,000 unimportant files (to development) in some directories.

/website.com/files/1.txt
/website.com/files/2.txt
         


        

Answer 1

Creating a sub-repo is one solution, but you should make that sub-repo a submodule.

That way:

• you keep a link between your normal content and that 'files' content
• if the 'files' content evolves one day, you can register its evolution in the main repo
• you can checkout your main repo without " git submodule update " (that is without filling the 'files' content
• on deployment, a git submodule update after the git submodule init will be enough to get back the right version of the 'files' content.