如何在git中提交一次资源，而不是将来更改它？

Question

Is there a way to commit a file once so it is in the repository but then not commit that file in the future?

For example, I have a project that I need to commit once so another developer can import the project but I do not want to commit that file again because local path changes mess up his copy of it when he pulls the file down.

I'd like to use SourceTree for working with git but an answer with git commands will work.

Answer 1

First commit the initial version of the file. Then just run

git update-index --assume-unchanged FILENAME

This will make it so that git will ignore future changes you make to FILENAME . If in the future, you need to commit something again, run

git update-index --no-assume-unchanged FILENAME

Note that this only applies to your working copy. Anyone else who checks out the repository will still have git see their changes unless they also run the command above.