Ignore ipynb changes in git when using md files

[himat]

I want to use jupytext with a paired .md file, but I also want to commit the original .ipynb files as well for online viewing.
But, since the .md files will be all that's necessary to look at in a diff in git, I just want to ignore any diffs to the .ipynb files and just automatically include them in the commit. Is it possible to do this?

The point is that when I do a git diff, I just want to see the diffs for the .md files and not any lines for the .ipynb files. Is there a git option that lets me automatically force push certain file types (.ipynb in this case)?

[mwouts]

Hello @himat , this is an interesting question.

Based on that stackoverflow question, I think you could use

git diff -- . ':(exclude)*.ipynb'

(replace single quotes with double ones if you're using Windows).

Also, if you want to always exclude ipynb from git diff, there is this gits:

1. create a nodiff command: git config diff.nodiff.command /usr/bin/true --global (maybe we need something different in Windows)
2. add a line *.ipynb diff=nodiff to .git/info/attributes

Could you please confirm which method works for you (on which OS)? Thanks