How to remove some files from commit checklist Android Studio?

Question

I would like to commit changes which I did in my AS project. But I see that changeslist contains release folder:

It means that I will commit workable apk file and some config files which were generated during building installer. I can also untick these files but when I will try to make commit at the next time I will see these files again. Maybe I can remove these files totally from my changes list and prevent its appearing at all next times. I think it happens because I tried some commands at the terminal and one command can add these files, I think it was:

git commit --am

So, how I can solve this problem without damaging all project?

UPDATE:

Can I solve my problem with the command:

git rm --app-release.apk ?

Answer 1

First Things first:

You can add a .gitignore file to your repository, via terminal, by the commands below:

1. In Terminal, navigate to the location of your Git repository.
2. Enter touch .gitignore to create a .gitignore file.

Second, you should pay attention that, If you already have a file checked in and you want to ignore it, Git will not ignore the file if you add a rule later. In those cases, you must untrack the file first, by running the following command in your terminal:

$ git rm --cached FILENAME

for more information on this follow https://help.github.com/en/articles/ignoring-files

Answer 2

you need to add those files in your ignored files under version control area in your android studio. For navigation go to

Open File -> Settings -> Version Control -> Ignored Files. 

Add files those you don't want to commit or include. Another way of doing it like the other answer suggested to do it with .gradle tools.

Answer 3

I'd recommend using https://www.gitignore.io/ for generating .gitignore file for your android project and put it in your root folder of the project.

https://www.gitignore.io/api/android gives a headstart for your android project(Modify this according to your requirement. But for most cases this should be out-of-the-box solution).

Also, to add to the point. This is expected behaviour of git and not related anyway to android studio/android.