How to exclude files from a pull request?

Question

I will like to perform a pull and merge request but also I would like to exclude some files from this pull request.

Example: a.py  b.py c.py

I would like to peform a pull request and merge except b.py file.

What is the easiest way to accomplish this?

[edit] the file is not committed it yet.

Solution 1

Make two branches from where you are right now, for example my-pull-request and other-change.

Commit a.py and c.py to my-pull-request, and b.py to other-change. Push the my-pull-request branch to Github, and create the pull request.

Solution 2

Commit a.py and c.py, git stash the rest, perform the request, then git stash pop to restore your b.py

Comments

[Domi]

This is insufficient if you have already committed the unwanted file to the branch that you want to merge

[favoretti]

@Domi OP stated that the file is not committed yet.