Reputation: 14403
I have a deep subfolder called objects
with files called *.object
which I don't want tracked by git (Windows).
In .gitignore I have tried various combinations (e.g. **/objects/*
or **/objects/*
etc.) to no avail: each time, when I do git status
I see:
# Untracked files:
# (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# foo/src/objects/a.object
# foo/src/objects/b.object
It is only when I add *.object
to .gitignore that the files disappear from the untracked files list. What's wrong with my wild cards?
Also, when is git update-index
required and when should I do git rm --cached myfile
?
Is there a wildcard feature for rm like git rm --cached **/foo/*.zip
?
UPDATE: Similarly, adding the line .gitignore
to .gitignore
(not always desirable but still) has no effect. Is this weirdness because the files may have been tracked in the past?
Upvotes: 44
Views: 60717
Reputation: 14403
OK, though wildcards don't work (in Windows apparently) it seems one can remove a whole folder with:
git rm -r --cached "path/to/foo/"
I understand that --cached only unstages - you have to git commit
to remove them from the repo.
Upvotes: 89