How to add gradle.properties in git-ignore file android?

Question

I am trying to add gradle.properties like rest but still changes that files changes are showing in git status.

Is there any other way to add files in git-ignore using android studio.

Answer 1

You should use git rm to untrack the gradle.properties file first.

git rm --cached gradle.properties
git commit -m "Remove gradle.properties"

Then add the following line to your project .gitignore file

gradle.properties

Commit and push that and any new changes to this file should not be tracked.

Answer 2

It seems you already added this file to repo, and then you want to ignore it. In this case your file exists in Index/Staging area so git is showing it into changed file list.

So you need to remove this file from Index/Staging area, to do so you just need to clean git cache. Execute below command

git rm --cached gradle.properties

Read more details about Untrack files already added to git repository based on .gitignore

Answer 3

Simplest way use gitignore plugin and just right click the file which you want to hide and and you'll see add to gitignore option, select it and its done.