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Reputation:

git add . is adding everything that is in the directory even when it is specified in gitignore

When I run git add . it is adding all the files in the directory, even I specified it in .gitignore to ignore the specific folder and files. In this case it is the __venv__ and __pycache. The .gitignore file is created and directories to ignore is specified before the git repository is initiated. I deleted the git folder and reinitiated the repository several time from the root directory of the project but it still do not ignore the declarations in the .gitignore file. On Windows, deleting and reinitiating the repository fixes the problem but on Linux it doesn't

Update: Adding the directory to be excluded to .git/info/exclude works but when adding it to .gitignore it doesn't

Upvotes: 2

Views: 222

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324318

The rule to add in a .gitignore should be:

__venv__/
__pycache/
# or
__pycache__/

(see https://www.gitignore.io/api/python)

Note the trailing '/'

I just realized that my text editor for some reason append a space in front of the declarations automatically.
I found that out after clearing the file and rewrite it again

That would explain why a .gitignore rule is not applied indeed.

If the files within those two folders were not already tracked, they won't be added.
If not:

git rm --cached -r __venv__/

Upvotes: 3

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