Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Ignoring Previously Committed Files

This video tutorial explains how to manage files in a Git repository, focusing on committing, ignoring, and recreating files. It demonstrates two methods to ignore files: deleting them from the repository or using the 'git rm --cached' command to keep them in the working directory. The tutorial also covers how to find gitignore templates for different programming languages.

What is the initial step to change a file's status to ignored in a Git repository?

• Rename the file and update the .gitignore file

• Modify the .gitignore file and commit the changes

• Delete the file from the repository and modify the .gitignore file

• Move the file to a different directory

What happens if you recreate a deleted file in the working directory after modifying the .gitignore file?

• The file will cause a merge conflict

• The file will be automatically tracked again

• The file will remain ignored

• The file will be deleted from the working directory

How can you keep a file in the working directory but remove it from the repository?

• Move the file to a different branch

• Use the 'git rm --cached' command

• Delete the file from the working directory

• Rename the file and commit the changes

What is the effect of the 'git rm --cached' command on a file?

• It removes the file from the repository but keeps it in the working directory

• It deletes the file from both the repository and working directory

• It keeps the file in the repository but removes it from the working directory

• It renames the file in the repository

After using 'git rm --cached', what will be the status of the file in the working directory?

• The file will be marked as deleted

• The file will be staged for commit

• The file will be marked as modified

• The file will be untracked