Lazygit/Keyshort/Ignore or Exclude File

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  • Ignore or Exclude the Selected File Card
    • Shortcut: i
    • Description: Opens a menu offering two destinations for the untracked file under the cursor — add it to .gitignore, which is committed and shared, or to .git/info/exclude, which is local to this clone only.
  • My Note
    • The distinction is the whole value of the key: .gitignore is a statement about the project, .git/info/exclude is a statement about my machine. Editor droppings and personal scratch files belong in the latter.
    • Files already ignored stop appearing in the Files panel entirely, which is the usual explanation for "lazygit is not showing my dotfile" — see Lazygit/Q/How do I get lazygit to show files and folders that begin with a dot or period, aka hidden files and folders?.