.gitignore and web.release.config

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I'm trying to remove my web.release.config from my GIT repository, so I removed it from git with git rm and then added it to my .gitignore file.

But as soon as I copy again the file into the project, it gets added by Visual Studio to the pending changes.

This is the line in the gitignore file:

Web.Release.config

But it gets added:

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How can I successfully remove web.release.config from git?

You have no trailing characters there? – Zlatko Oct 10 '14 at 13:17 — Zlatko, Oct 10 '14 at 13:17
Not one, checked multiple times – Escobar5 Oct 14 '14 at 13:58 — Escobar5, Oct 14 '14 at 13:58

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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After adding files to the .gitignore file, to ignore those files we have to execute some commands.
To ignore the files which we mentioned in the .gitignore file, we have to execute the following commands.

git rm -r --cached . git add . git commit -m ".gitignore is now working"
Please refer this question once.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Oct 07 '14 at 11:46

Anjaneyulu Battula

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The file is already removed from the repository, also git doesn't show it in 'git status'. It is visual studio that is trying to add it. – Escobar5 Oct 07 '14 at 14:20
please check whether this file 'Web.Release.config' exists in your project folder. and add entire path of your file in '.gitignore' file. – Anjaneyulu Battula Oct 08 '14 at 04:35
Yes it exists, as you can see in the pictures above. I've also tried with the full path of the file, no success – Escobar5 Oct 08 '14 at 13:30
after adding that file path in .gitignore execute above three commands once. – Anjaneyulu Battula Oct 08 '14 at 14:02
Yes, I've already done that, the file is not in the repository – Escobar5 Oct 09 '14 at 14:14
Please check this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25908453/unable-to-revert-changes-in-idea-ide it may help you – Anjaneyulu Battula Oct 11 '14 at 00:59

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 09 '14 at 15:57

This might not be a "proper" answer, but I think it's Visual Studio messing around. I've been experiencing the same problem with Visual Studio 2013 when I tried to exclude NuGet packages from the repository. git status shows nothing, while VS still shouting that there're hundreds of files pending to be added. I ended up just use a Git Client (Git Extension, which is bundled with the git installation package) and ignore that Team Explorer tab in VS completely.

Yes, it definitely seems to be a problem with VS – Escobar5 Oct 10 '14 at 14:25 — Escobar5, Oct 10 '14 at 14:25

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '14 at 11:14

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Open your .gitignore file in a real text editor and verify that the encoding is UTF-8. Other encoding (eg: UTF-16LE) may cause this problem.

answered Oct 10 '14 at 11:14

David Jacquel

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It was in another encoding, but I've already changed it and no effect – Escobar5 Oct 10 '14 at 14:25

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