diff --git a/home/modules/git.nix b/home/modules/git.nix
index ed76f9d..2ca4a26 100644
--- a/home/modules/git.nix
+++ b/home/modules/git.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ in
         type = "cat-file -t";
         dump = "cat-file -p";
         graph = "log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit";
+
+        # local patch-wise ignore workflow
+        unchanged = "update-index --assume-unchanged";
+        changed = "update-index --no-assume-unchanged";
+        show-unchanged = ''!"git ls-files -v | sed -e 's/^[a-z] //p; d'\"''
       };
 
       extraConfig = {