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Reputation: 4250

git add . or -A is adding .gitignore file in commit list, how to get ridoff this?

If I change a bunch of files and then run command git add . it includes all the files along with .gitignore in my commit list.

If I use git rm --chached .gitignore then it is showing as deleted: .gitignore and git add . is adding the deleted .gitignore file

How can I IGNORE .gitignore itself so that git add . command adds only my changes in actual files or directories.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1009

Answers (1)

eckes
eckes

Reputation: 10423

First of all, why would you want to ignore the file, it is supposed to be checked in.

If you want to ignore it, you can enter it into .gitignore itself, but it is probably better to handle local ignores differently: don't put them into the workspace .gitignore (but .git/info/exclude or globally define a exclude file for all repos (but outside the workspace): git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore).

Besides that, if the file is not tracked you can remove it with git reset HEAD -- .gitignore.

Upvotes: 5

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