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I'm running a website and I deployed Git for file versioning to keep track of edited files... I noticed that even cache files are pushed to Gitlab which I don't want.

I created a .gitignore file and put a line like this:

/app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/*

I added it, committed and pushed it, Life is beautiful.

Now, everytime I do : git status, I see these files as modified which are browsing cache

 modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/00/7c/14/007c1437400d132932e061d38915162f50f3b8d7.file.ApProductList.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/11/0e/c7/110ec72aa9921d2c382ad628bdb2f0bc5105a617.module.ps_searchbar.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/14/cf/62/14cf62b857ae9d1a45052e93e4a5f7744c543c46.file.ApMegamenu.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/15/9c/65/159c651fcb923e7ff3efcd17bc6356e6f77d1032.file.leoslideshow.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/18/2a/ea/182aea6706a2d4ae5bfc3f6d3a5b33417c49b6af.module.notification.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/24/41/64/24416476c1e4c535f73ed4c66a125c0e880f294b.file.leo_list_product_review.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/30/7d/c6/307dc6bd4724d29d1572cc301dd7148e962604ef.module.ps_emailsubscription.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/32/74/ea/3274eac0d659ac48de29176349457a485f0a7846.file.ApBlockLink.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/35/65/5e/35655e6409b6198f29dd6e732ef9598dec599880.module.ps_shoppingcart.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/38/37/a8/3837a8fdc3367fa8be15dd17f53842319311023b.file.plist1487280701.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/39/e1/75/39e175b351bd73dee402d5a54877d3be6344bbe4.file.leo_cart_button.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/3b/2b/08/3b2b08f3e7cd22b2aad86e184d6bdfdc8b3802cf.module.modal.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/43/80/cd/4380cd32bf825479f4e58e8f1a26818a8f607913.file.ApHtml.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/51/3e/9c/513e9ce13e7d8790fecede8bcf00cdc8ca0ef171.file.slidecaptcha-header.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/5a/51/17/5a5117cf6d0e1dffe864e8c6e12c7c631b3df555.file.ApColumn.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/5e/b2/05/5eb205658affb81ad209afd041b5ce7f724c9288.file.appagebuilder.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/75/be/84/75be842c1b804d7817967aceea1b33cc9f212c84.file.ApModule.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/80/5c/e2/805ce2d86f1187d802d55b829fd8b831e391ad7c.module.fly_cart.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/80/ac/9d/80ac9ddb06fe7b43ffdd2f5cd1185536480d2577.module.ps_socialfollow.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/8d/87/67/8d87672f84fea39023a026ec3e77c50d0205b84a.file.megamenu.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/94/3d/87/943d870759e124a38846d736284d297b82268471.file.ApSlideShow.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/97/9d/97/979d976ed6034e059eef22b8e951012b4262674e.file.ApManuFacturersCarousel.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/99/f1/47/99f147cdc5f8fa7776be7f182bac4542c4e7954c.file.ApProductCarousel.tpl.php
    modified:   app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/9d/30/9b/9d309b84d5f56fc52e6632a8d91893c2f5a67658.file.javascript_parameter.tpl.php

it's a long list, how to stop pushing those file by ignoring them, I might forgot to do something?

  • try the command git rm --cached -r – shubham johar May 19 '18 at 19:04
  • If these specific files were being tracked and committed before you added the gitignore then you can delete them manually and push that as a commit. They won't show up after that. – Justin.Cooke May 19 '18 at 19:06
  • Apparently [Git is ignoring you, not your files](http://axiac.ro/blog/git-ignores-me-not-my-files/). Or maybe not. – axiac May 19 '18 at 19:19
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    Possible duplicate of [How to make Git "forget" about a file that was tracked but is now in .gitignore?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1274057/how-to-make-git-forget-about-a-file-that-was-tracked-but-is-now-in-gitignore) – phd May 19 '18 at 19:19

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Adding files to .gitignore does not remove them from the repository. It just prevents git add from adding these files as new files.

So after adding /app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/* to .gitignore, you also have to remove these files from your repository, preferably without removing them from the filesystem to not disrupt your website.

To do this, you can execute git rm --cached -r app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/*, check the result that it only removes the files you want removed and commit it.

Lienhart Woitok
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  • that was smart and like charm! Thanks alot –  May 19 '18 at 19:24
  • Should I remove the asterisk as others are saying? –  May 19 '18 at 19:25
  • It depends on personal taste, technically it makes no difference in this case as far as I can see. Removing the asterisk tells git to ignore the directory and its contents, leaving the asterisk in place tells git to ignore all files and directories in the directory. As git only tracks files and not directories, both result in the exact same set of actually ignored files. – Lienhart Woitok May 19 '18 at 19:31
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First, you need to update your .gitignore to match all sub-directories of /app/cache/dev/smarty/compile by removing the trailing asterisk.

Then, you need to clean up the files that have already been added to the repository in earlier commits of the branch. You can do so by running git rm -r app/cache/dev/smarty/compile. Once they are removed from your branch, they should not appear anymore when running git status.

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This is a description of gitignore pattern format: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format

In your case /app/cache/dev/smarty/compile/ without asterics should work.

But gitignore won't help once your files are tracked (if they are in modified section this means that they are tracked). This answer should help you to remove them from tracked: Remove a folder from git tracking

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