Difference between `git rm --cached` and `git update-index --assume-unchanged`?
The command
git rm --cached <file>is used to untrack files in a Git branch. This command will remove the file from the staging area and also will remove the file from the repository next time you commit.
The command
git update-index --assume-unchanged <file>will also make the file disappear from the staging area. However, this command is different because it tells Git to only temporarily ignore any changes made to the file. So when you commit the file it will remain a part of the repository assuming it were already there. When you want Git to see the changes made to the file again, you can run this:
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <file>This will return the file to the staging area, if it were there when you ran assume-unchanged earlier.
Here is a link for git rm --cached, and here is a link for git update-index --assume-unchanged.