Why is my .gitignore file ignored?

Asked Jul 14 '15 at 06:46

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I've read all the posts I can find here regarding my topic, but still can't seem to figure out why my .gitignore file is totally ignored.

My main repository folder is MediaStore. Inside it I have a VS project, it is committed. Now I create a file, test.txt in this MediaStore folder, it's not added, so not tracked. I also create a .gitignore file in the very same folder. It looks like this:

test.txt
MediaStore2/obj/

Still, when executing git status from within this folder, both the test.txt and the obj folder are listed as untracked. Why?

(Im working under Windows 7; posh-git and notepad for editing the file)

edited Jul 14 '15 at 06:49

nwinkler

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asked Jul 14 '15 at 06:46

Mattias Carleson

Did you add the .gitignore file to the staging area (at least)? – Makoto Jul 14 '15 at 06:48
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@Makoto that shouldn't be necessary I think – Tim Jul 14 '15 at 06:49
Can you add the output of `git status` to the question? – nwinkler Jul 14 '15 at 06:50
I think you need to commit the `.gitignore` file, then to use it. – Himanshu Mishra Jul 14 '15 at 06:53
Now Ive tried both with .gitignore staged and commited. Still no exclution. – Mattias Carleson Jul 14 '15 at 07:42
Found this answer to a similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11451731/151344 Maybe interesting? – Alderath Jul 14 '15 at 07:42
Sorry I dont yet have enough reputation to be allowed to post an image. Though it says: "Untracked files:" and then my supposed to be ignored file and folder are listed. – Mattias Carleson Jul 14 '15 at 07:49
@MattiasCarleson It is better to copy the text only. However, I bet this can be an encoding issue like in http://stackoverflow.com/a/11451916/711006. Try to look at your `.gitignore` in a hex-editor. – Melebius Jul 14 '15 at 08:27

Why is my .gitignore file ignored?

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