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liv2hak
liv2hak

Reputation: 15010

.gitignore file not ignoring correctly

I have a .gitignore file with the following contents.

*.o
*.exe
*Debug/*
*.vpb
*.vtg
*.vpwhistu
*.vpwhist
*.vtg

After working on a project (modifying a couple of files) in my working directory, If I do 

git status

I get the following output

Workspace/playpen/boost/Debug/simple_ls.o

Why is this happening despite *Debug/* being inside .gitignore. Isn't that the whole point of .gitignore.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 337

Answers (3)

Tim Biegeleisen
Tim Biegeleisen

Reputation: 522646

.gitignore only works on files which are not already part of the remote repository. My guess is that simple_ls.o was already being tracked when you added the rule to .gitignore. If you want Git to ignore it, then you first have to remove it from the remote repository via:

git rm --cached Workspace/playpen/boost/Debug/simple_ls.o

After this, the .gitignore pattern will prevent this file from being added to the repository.

Upvotes: 1

CB Bailey
CB Bailey

Reputation: 793037

Having a / in the your pattern (other than as the last character of the pattern) anchors the pattern at the point of the directory hierarchy that contains the .gitignore file itself.

This means that *Debug/* will ignore anything in directories such as FooDebug, BarDebug and Debug at the same level as .gitignore, but not further down the hierarchy. To ignore any directories which have names ending in Debug, simply use the pattern:

*Debug/

The trailing slash tells Git to only match against directories, but this pattern will match at any level of your directory tree.

Upvotes: 0

jibe
jibe

Reputation: 576

Did you modify your .gitignore ? Was this file already tracked ? because it is supposed to ignore .o files too.

for ignoring the debug folder your should modify your rules as : **Debug/

Upvotes: 0

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