GIT-LOCK(1)

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version 7.5.0 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 GIT-LOCK — bestie edition 💖

okay so it's git-lock(1), it lives in the Git Extras family, and it's about to make your local files untouchable by git. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

git-lock — lock a file that's excluded from version control 🔒

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

git-lock <filename>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

She locks your local files away from version control. that's it, that's the whole vibe. your wild untracked little files get a little "do NOT touch" sticker and git respects it 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • <filename> — the name of the filename. yes bestie, literally just the filename. hand it over and she handles it ✨

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

$ git lock config/database.yml

look at her go 😭💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Julio Napuri <julionc@gmail.com> — iconic, no notes ✨

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found something cursed? scream into the void here:

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

(the link is verbatim, don't @ me)

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>

go explore, main character 🧚

sending u off with the receipts: this is git-extras, dated May 2026, and that's the whole page. periodt 💅💖🦋

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