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I have the following .gitignore file
# file named .gitignore system/application/config/database.php system/application/config/config.php system/logs modules/recaptcha/config/* However when I add any changes in config and recapcha.php, git status warns me as following. When I add any changes to database.php. it does not show it in status
shin@shin-Latitude-E5420:/var/www/myapp$ git status # On branch master # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit. # # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: modules/recaptcha/config/recaptcha.php # modified: system/application/config/config.php # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") How can I fix this?
Thanks in advance.
I am using git version 1.7.5.1 on Ubuntu 11.04
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Git cannot ignore that even if you place its name or rule in the . gitignore file. So in essence, Git only ignores untracked files. You should look at your structure (repository) and make sure that the file which you are currently trying to ignore is not added to the repository.
Some times, even if you haven't added some files to the repository, git seems to monitor them even after you add them to the . gitignore file. This is a caching issue that can occur and to fix it, you need to clear your cache.
gitignore only ignores files that are not part of the repository yet. If you already git add ed some files, their changes will still be tracked. To remove those files from your repository (but not from your file system) use git rm --cached on them.
gitignore is a plain text file in which each line contains a pattern for files or directories to ignore. It uses globbing patterns to match filenames with wildcard characters. If you have files or directories containing a wildcard pattern, you can use a single backslash ( \ ) to escape the character.
The files are already stored in your local commit tree. You'll need to first remove them from the repository. This can be done via:
git rm --cached system/application/config/config.php modules/recaptcha/config/recaptcha.php After that you'll need to make one more commit and you're good to go.
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