Git: untrack a file in local repo only and keep it in the remote repo

Question

I have a NetBeans file \"nbproject/project.properties\" that always shows up in the \"Changes not staged for commit\" section (when I do git status). How co

Answer 1

You could update your index:

cd /root/folder/of/your/repo
git update-index --assume-unchanged nbproject/project.properties

and make sure it never shows as "updated" in your current repo.
That means it won't ever be pushed, but it is still present in the index.
(and it can be modified at will in your local working tree).

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• to revert that state (from git-ready):

git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <file>

• to see all assume unchanged files (from Gabe Kopley's comment)

git ls-files -v | grep '^h '