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Stop tracking a file but keep it locally

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Caution: This command changes the system. Understand what it does before you run it.

Adjust the values, the command updates live
user@server
git rm --cached wp-config.php

Removes the file from the index so it is no longer tracked from the next commit on, while the local copy stays in place. Needed when a file was already committed and a later entry in .gitignore therefore has no effect. For directories, add -r.

Note: In all other working copies that fetch this commit via git pull, the file gets deleted. Create a backup on servers first. The file does not disappear from the history.

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Delete local branches that are already merged

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Discard local changes to a file

$git restore wp-config.php
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Find commits that added or removed specific text

$git log -S 'define('WP_DEBUG'' --oneline --all
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Find out who changed specific lines of a file

$git blame -L 10,40 wp-config.php
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