The whole cache dir (excluding the .htaccess and index.html files) should be ignored by git

nickv@NICKV-DESKTOP i/xampp/htdocs/phpBB

$ git status

On branch develop

Your branch is up-to-date with 'p/develop'.

Untracked files:

  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        phpBB/cache/production/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

nickv@NICKV-DESKTOP i/xampp/htdocs/phpBB

$ git checkout develop-ascraeus

Branch develop-ascraeus set up to track remote branch develop-ascraeus from p.

Switched to a new branch 'develop-ascraeus'

nickv@NICKV-DESKTOP i/xampp/htdocs/phpBB

$ git status

On branch develop-ascraeus

Your branch is up-to-date with 'p/develop-ascraeus'.

Untracked files:

  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        phpBB/cache/production/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)