How to exclude a file from git status

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Most hg commands allow you to pass a -Xfilename argument to exclude a file that doesn't belong on your ignore list. Is there a way to do this with git?

I've got a script that's checking if there are any changes to the working copy, using git status, but I'd like it to exclude changes to itself.

Possible duplicate of [Stop tracking and ignore changes to a file in Git](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/936249/stop-tracking-and-ignore-changes-to-a-file-in-git) — Alister Bulman, Mar 22 '16 at 21:46
@AlisterBulman I don't really want to stop tracking the changes to the file. I just wanted to exclude it from the single invocation of `git status`. — Dov, Mar 23 '16 at 13:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '16 at 21:14

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No. But if you're doing this in a script, then you can pipe git status to grep -v or similar.

answered Mar 22 '16 at 21:14

Paul Hicks

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '16 at 21:47

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You can temporarily ignore the file with the help of

git update-index --assume-unchanged <file>

answered Mar 22 '16 at 21:47

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How to exclude a file from git status

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