How to forcefully commit a file to Git even if the file is ruled as unchanged

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Let’s say I have two files with similar size and same creation date but different content and if I try to replace one file with the other, git does not recognize this file as changed

How can I solve this?
Jul 11, 2018 in Git & GitHub by Tyrion anex
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This is simple, just follow the below commands:

git rm --cached <yourfile>

git add <yourfile>

This should add the new file into the index regardless of what was there previously.

answered Jul 11, 2018 by Sophie may
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