Untrack database.yml file by adding it to .gitignore
How to
Case 1: database.yml file wasn’t already committed
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$ echo config/database.yml >> .gitignore
$ mv config/database.yml config/database.yml.example
$ git add .
$ git commit -am "put database.yml to .gitignore and and rename"
$ cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
Case 2: database.yml file was already committed. After tell .gitignore the changes, run the following command and then commit
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git rm --cached config/database.yml
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