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why is git file not tracked in git?
In my git project, the file dir-name/file.txt is not tracked by git, but I want it to be tracked.
In git status the file is not listed in the tracked files and not in the untracked files. git add dir-...
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I can't get token file to be ignored by git [duplicate]
I accidentally added my token file(tokens/webhook.token) to my first git commit and now i can't get .gitignore to ignore it.
I have tried git rm --cached tokens/webhook.token but it keeps wanting too ...
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New .gitignore file is not working as expected [closed]
When attempting to create a venv, the files created from that command are not ignored
I created the file
Added some directories and files to the .gitignore, including /venv/
Committed my changes
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.gitignore: I want to create an exclusion for my [Bb]in/ ignore line with no success
I have the following in my .gitignore:
[Bb]in/ # this is line 164
# Allow bin directories and their contents under any artifacts folder
!*/artifacts/[Bb]in
!*/artifacts/[Bb]in/
!*/artifacts/[Bb]in/**
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On restart, VS Code fails to ignore a directory listed in `.gitignore` containing a second repo
I am using Nanoc as a static site generator, managed with GIT.
Nanoc creates an "output" directory in the site’s main repo. This is explicitly excluded in the site's main .gitignore file ...
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The difference between .gitignore and .Rbuildignore
I might be asking a dumb questions but can someone tell me the difference between .gitignore and .Rbuildignore when developing a R package with GitHub? Thanks.
EDIT: could you explain what kind of ...
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Best way to keep your mySQL info out of a public repo [duplicate]
I am working on a website and using git. The repo is public but I don't want the mySQL info to be part of it. Should I just put the connection code in a file then block that file with .gitignore?
Is ...
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Android Studio: Should *.toml files be version controlled?
I've been using Android Studio for years, but only recently have I started seeing files with the *.toml suffix. I see that they work with gradle files, but I have been migrating to kotlin instead of ...
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gitignore files with a particular hash but git add if hash changes
I don't want to commit or stage files that matches particular hash value but if I edit those files later it should be staged when I do git add.
Any suggestions? Basically there are files that are ...
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Delete and stop tracking folders from client branch but keep them on main product branch
I've branch out client branch (C) from main product (P) branch which I am adding features as per request. The main product branch contains all folders/files for every client with the main product code....
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Gitignore all folders beginning with a period except those with a `.gitignore` file
Many tools that I use create hidden folders such as .mypy_cache, .ruff_cache, .ipynb_checkpoints, etc.
Generally, I want to git-ignore such folders, as they often only contain cached data.
However, if ...
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Cannot add files to .gitignore in React application repository [duplicate]
I am using VS code with the Git extensions to manage version control and push/pull commits to my repository. I am creating a React application that has a public folder, a node_modules folder, an src ...
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Gitignore asterisk "*" and slashes
According to the gitignore documentation, an asterisk * matches anything except a slash. It's not clear to me how that actually works in practice.
Consider the following structure for example:
foo/
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Ignore file extension except in a specific directory in `.gitignore` [closed]
In my repository, I have scripts that generate loads of .json files, that I want to ignore, so I have *.json in .gitignore. But I have one directory config containing .json files and I want those to ...
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MDriven Framework file Modlr.config - can it be ignored from git?
Using MDriven Framework, can we safely ignore modlr.config from git? It seems to be modified whenever I even just open the model editor, without changing anything. Does it contain anything that's ...
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Match end of file name in .gitignore
In a git repo, I want to exclude a file named main but not a file named main.c. How would I do this?
If I add this to the .gitignore file:
main
both files are excluded. How do I match a pattern at ...
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A gitignore file doesn't seem to allow dot slashes for file paths
I have a git repository called Timeline and this is where my .gitignore file is located (at the root of Timeline). In Timeline I have my node_modules directory at: Timeline/timeline-react/node_modules....
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With git, how to minimize pain when switching between branches with differing .gitignores?
I am in a position where I switch branches in a single repo regularly, working on my own projects, and reviewing collaborator’s code by running it. Often new code will generate intermediary files that ...
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Git subtree/ + inter-related gitignore
I want to setup a git project with a nested repo. so far my attempts with gitignores or git subtree dont catch all I need.
A) main repo
B) nested repo (core theme)
The nested repo contains a folder ...
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Problem with submitting nextjs application to github
enter image description hereWhy is this process (Compressing objects, Writing and Receiving) taking so long. What am I doing wrong and how can I make it go away?
Added node_modules and .next to the ....
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Should I add components.d.ts to gitignore?
components.d.ts is auto-generated by unplugin-vue-components when dev server starts. It often cause conflicts when merging PRs in the projects I have participated in.
components.d.ts looks like:
/* ...
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Should we gitignore `Package.realitycomposerpro/WorkspaceData` for Reality Composer Pro projects?
Should we add Package.realitycomposerpro/WorkspaceData/* to .gitignore for Reality Composer Pro projects?
I see files with my computer name and other JSON files in here that are highly updated by just ...
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Can folders `Install` and `images/Install` be safely added to .gitignore for DNN website?
I've got a DNN website and there are folders Install and images/Install. Judging by their behavior it seems like they are autogenerated. So can I safely ignore them in git?
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My .gitignore file is NOT ignoring anything [closed]
Is there any particular valid reason as to why my .gitignore file is ignoring the fact that I have told this file to ignore all of my newly-created, previously-uncommitted files that I have included ...
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Expo gitignore ios and android folders
My generated info.plist has some identifiers such Google Login client ID. While this isn't a "secret", I don't want to commit this to a public git repo.
Given the entire ios and android ...
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Should I put Django venv directory in .gitignore?
In my book Python Crash Course 2nd edition it is recommended to put ll_env (venv directory) in .gitignore.
It says, "We tell Git to ignore the entire ll_env directory, because we can re-create
it ...
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How to synchronize changes from a source repo to a destination repo triggered from a push to the source main except some files
I want to synchronize changes from a source repository to a destination repository whenever there is a push to the main branch of the source repository. However, I do not want to sync changes to the ...
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git: untracked files not being ignored [closed]
So, i'm doing a little project with rust and i would also like to use git in order to learn both in a more practical way. The problem started when i created gitignore, because in rust, both the "...
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File is added to .gitignore but is still shown in "Working directory changes" [duplicate]
I'm working with files with a specific filename, something like:
Site/Product Client/Modules/Product.Customer.Client.dll
(The words "Product" and "Customer" are replaced by ...
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Unstaged files that were accidentally uploaded to GitHub before there was a gitignore file
My friends and I are working on a project in github but by mistake changes were pushed to master before a gitignore file was uploaded that indicates to ignore these files
And when someone wants to ...
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Do I need to commit my .gitignore with paths containing spaces to see changes in my status?
I have a .gitignore which ignores all .docx files. I want to add an exception, BUT I just made multiples commits with modification to my .gitignore file and I still can't see my docx.
The first thing ...
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gitignore file inside a folder and want to exclude a folder outside that
I have my current repo setup like below
project/
├── .cicd
├── .github
├── .idea
├── .primer
├── airflow/
└── module/
└── .gitignore
I have my .gitignore file inside module folder.
Now, I want to ...
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How to properly exclude specific files from .gitignore
I'm trying to get a .gitignore working in wordpress. I want to exclude the uploads files and the temporary plugin upgrade files, but not ignore the .htaccess and index.html static files in those ...
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The file cannot be removed even though it is included in the .gitignore list
I have a Flutter project that initially did not have a .gitignore file. After adding the .gitignore file and cleaning up with the following commands:
git rm -r --cached .
git add .
git commit -m "...
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Excluding a directory from git version tracking but using it in a GitHub workflow
I'm a technical writer working with DITA XML and using it to publish to HTML. I keep my DITA XML in Git on GitHub, and manually use a workflow in GitHub to publish the resulting HTML to an Azure ...
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Why is adding files to .gitignore deleting it in remote?
I am just playing around and trying to understand .gitnore and how it works. I noticed the previously tracked items, after adding to .gitignore are deleted in remote after pushing the commit.
I have a ...
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.gitignore, difference between dir, dir/ and dir/* [duplicate]
In .gitignore what's the difference between
dir
dir/
dir/*
?
As more real-life scenario, consider config instead of dir, when there are config-dirs and config-files
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Gitignore in subfolder to ignore any file of any project level
I wanna have a general .gitignore, which will contain dirnames and filenames of any level of a project, but put it into a subfolder. For example, I wanna ignore folder "c", project structure:...
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Git: Merge all files except specified ones
I have two git repositories, let's call them WidgetsParent and WidgetsChild for the purposes of this.
WidgetsParent moves a lot quicker than WidgetsChild and, on a periodic basis, WidgetsChild needs ...
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git ignore classess not ignore in intellij idea
I am using IntelliJ IDEA but when I want commit it shows all class file. Here is the image;
Here is the gitignore code...
ELP.md
target/
!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
!**/src/...
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How to add exception to ignored common directories?
I'm excluding several paths from subdirectories in git, but sometimes I want certain files to be included.
the project tree is
.
├── D
│ └── DukeNukem
│ └── drive_c
├── W
│ ├── ...
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.Gitignore Issue in laravel
I am trying to put session and logs directories into .gitignore file in my Laravel 10 project, but they are not ignored and are still tracked. I have tried to delete the folders and create them again, ...
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Ignore all wordpress folder except my specific plugin
I'm working on a wordpress plugin as part of a larger project. The wordpress install sits in a wordpress folder, I want to ignore all of the wordpress install except the specific plugin that I'm ...
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VS Code: .gitignore not working for excluding ".terraform/" folders
I am trying to exclude the terraform directories and files in VS Code, using the https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Terraform.gitignore template, however it does not seem to work,it tries ...
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.gitignore not to ignore a certain file name in ignored subfolders
My project has many (currently 2) subfolders with name .vscode/ and I need my .gitignore to ignore that subfolders and all its files, excepting the one called launch.json
My .gitignore is like this
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.gitignore ignore any subfolder with name .vscode [closed]
I'm starting a repo with 1 development project and 1 testing project, so there are 2 different projects in the same repo, I'm working with Visual Studio Code.
I need to specify in the .gitignore file ...
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GitBash Terminal Crashes When Adding Files, Including .gitignore, to Staging Area
I'm working on a Node.js project and encountering an issue while pushing to my GitHub repository. I've added the node_modules folder to the .gitignore file to exclude it from Git, but when I use the ...
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Which files and directories should be ignored in a Flutter project?
I have to create a new Flutter project from scratch and pushing it to GitGub.
So, as first step I've created a new git repository through:
git init
I've copied the .gitignore from Flutter GitHub repo,...
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git gives hint to "dispable or modify the sparsity rules" when "worktree is not sparse"
I rarely use a sparse checkout (more likely to use a shallow clone). I almost always use a .gitignore file. That file is sometimes configured to ignore directories or files that are already part of ...
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Unable to gitignore .nx/cache from my Angular project after migrating NX
I am in the process of migrating Angular for a project I am working on. I need to migrate NX in the process. On one of the recent NX updates (I believe it was v16 -> v17), they added in .nx/cache, ...
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