How to ignore new files
Globally
Add the path(s) to your file(s) which you would like to ignore to your .gitignore file (and commit them). These file entries will also apply to others checking out the repo.
Locally
Add the path(s) to your file(s) which you would like to ignore to your .git/info/exclude file. These file entries will only apply to your local working copy.
How to ignore changed files (temporarily)
In order to ignore changed files to being listed as modified, you can use the following git command:
git update-index --assume-unchanged
To revert that ignorance use the following command:
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged
Posted by Ulrich Berkmueller to makandra dev (2011-11-25 09:03)