.gitignore not working for xcuserdata directory in XCode project

Question

This is my gitignore file:

# Xcode
*.pbxuser
*.mode1v3
*.mode2v3
*.perspectivev3
*.xcuserstate
project.xcworkspace/
xcuserdata/

However, it still detects changes here:

BW.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/cooluser.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate

This is on XCode 6.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The file BW.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/[...]/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate must already be tracked by git.

When you add an entry to .gitignore it only affects untracked files. If they are already tracked, they are not automatically removed from the repository.

You can remove this file manually with: git rm --cached BW.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace