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My .gitignore file has the following entries. I am trying multiple things here as I can't seem to get my file ignored;
WinAppSetup/*.exe
/WinAppSetup/*.exe
WinAppSetup/setup.exe
**/WinAppSetup/setup.exe
When I run git status from git bash, I still see;
modified: WinAppSetup/setup.exe
What entry in my .gitignore will allow me to ignore this file?
After editing .gitignore, do I need to close and re-open git bash to have the .gitignore file re-read?
UPDATE
As per user2407038's comment, the issue was that the file already existed in the repository. I was able to remove the file locally, stage and then commit those changes and update my remote. A new build of the application then successfully ignored the file.
It seems I can also update my .gitignore file without having to close and re-open git bash too.
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. 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 process of cloning ignores the . gitignore file. If a file is added, committed and another commit with the . gitignore is created, the file will still be part of the repository and therefore cloned.
If you want to ignore a file that you've committed in the past, you'll need to delete the file from your repository and then add a . gitignore rule for it. Using the --cached option with git rm means that the file will be deleted from your repository, but will remain in your working directory as an ignored file.
A trailing " /** " matches everything inside. For example, " abc/** " matches all files inside directory " abc ", relative to the location of the . gitignore file, with infinite depth. A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash matches zero or more directories.
.gitignore won't ignore a file that's already in your repository. You have to first remove the file for your repository.
You can remove a file from the repository without deleting the actual file with git rm --cached.
git rm --cached WinAppSetup/setup.exe
In this sort of situation I usually have the new .gitignore entry and the removal of the ignored file from the repository in the same commit.
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