Git Ignoring File from Adding to Server

Question

I have local copy of my repository from Server. I have some files which i don't want to commit.

How to add that file in local to gitignore? So once i push my data to server, that file not added

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11050487/git-creating-a-gitignore-file — Dave Thomas, Oct 18 '16 at 04:26
Has the file or files already been committed to the repo, possibly by you or someone else? — Tim Biegeleisen, Oct 18 '16 at 04:30
Don't want to commit that file. To Avoid that file by Commiting — Jackson, Oct 18 '16 at 04:32
I see you want your own local ignore configuration? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1753070/git-ignore-files-only-locally — Dave Thomas, Oct 18 '16 at 04:36
I already have `.gitignore` file which is from server. I update that & Commit will that work? — Jackson, Oct 18 '16 at 04:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '16 at 06:15

Since you already have a .gitignore file, all you need to do is edit it and add relative file paths (of the files that you don't want to commit) to it, one per line.

However, you might not want commit your .gitignore file, otherwise your file names, that you didn't want to commit, will be visible to everyone else.

Git Ignoring File from Adding to Server

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