Find gitignore file and line causing a file to be ignored by git [duplicate]

Question

How can I find the gitignore file and line that is causing a file to be ignored by git?

Answer 1

From the repo root, try this:

find . ~/.gitignore .git/info/exclude -name '*gitignore' -exec cat {} + | less

Also check that you're not using a different excludes file:

git config -l | grep exclude
core.excludesfile=~/.gitignore

You can also get that error when you have submodules in a subfolder instead at the git project's root.

Thanks to Jon Lin and Christopher for helping me figure this out on the original question.