Top "Gitignore" questions

.gitignore is a file that lists files, directories, and/or path patterns that Git should not include as part of a repository.

gitignore does not ignore folder

In the root of my project I have a foo folder. Inside the foo folder I have a bar folder. …

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Why is .gitignore not ignoring my files?

See the image below. My .gitignore file should be ignoring all files in src/dist, but isn't.

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Can I 'git commit' a file and ignore its content changes?

Every developer on my team has their own local configuration. That configuration information is stored in a file called devtargets.…

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git add all except ignoring files in .gitignore file

I am adding source control to a project that had none. The problem is that there are a lot of …

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gitignore binary files that have no extension

How can binary files be ignored in git using the .gitignore file? Example: $ g++ hello.c -o hello The "hello" …

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Is there a way to tell git to only include certain files instead of ignoring certain files?

My programs generally generate huge output files (~1 GB) which I do not want to be backing up to the git …

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Add .gitignore to gitignore

Is it possible to add the .gitignore file to .gitignore itself? .gitignore Doesn't work though I don't want to see …

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How do .gitignore exclusion rules actually work?

I'm trying to solve a gitignore problem on a large directory structure, but to simplify my question I have reduced …

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git repository ignoring all .dlls

Title says it all. I am trying to add my NuGet packages to the repository. Everything but the .dll files …

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Keep ignored files out of git status

I would like to stop Git from showing ignored files in git status, because having tons of documentation and config …

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