Git ignore disable for certain file

Question

I have a visual studio project and i add .ignore file for visual studio ignore file from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/VisualStudio.gitignore

When i commit file it ignore all dll from bin folder but i need to upload some necessary dll file to repo. How can i achieve this.

Not ignore file like

AjaxControlToolkit.dll 
CKEditor.NET.dll
CLRIntegration.dll

Answer 1

If you really need to have these dll files part of your version control, then you can use git add --force to add them to your Git tracking list, e.g.

git add --force AjaxControlToolkit.dll

This assumes that the three dll files you listed above are currently in the Visual Studio .gitignore file you mentioned above.

Answer 2

Append this to your .gitignore file.

# bin folder being ignored in the gitignore
[Bb]in/

# exclude these file
!AjaxControlToolkit.dll 
!CKEditor.NET.dll
!CLRIntegration.dll

It will exclude these files from being ignored.

Answer 3

You likely have your bin directory in a directory that is included in the .gitignore. Analyze your directory structure and the contents of .gitignore to figure out which it is.