Why is gitignore not working even after i put the file name in?

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I have a file called sohuku.txt. I have another folder named .gitignore.txt inside which I have put 'sohuku.txt', but when I type 'git add .' in PowerShell and then type git status, it shows the file in changes to be committed. what to do?

Does this answer your question? [How to create a .gitignore file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10744305/how-to-create-a-gitignore-file) — stealththeninja, Jul 23 '20 at 06:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:38

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The .gitignore file should be at the root of the repository and named properly. https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:38

Anton Belev

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:39

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The file has to be named .gitignore, not .gitignore.txt

If windows won't let you rename it (an error like "you must type a filename"), then rename it to .gitignore.

answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:39

dave

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:39

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gitignore is file, remove .txt from file name

.gitignore.txt -> .gitignore

answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:39

RahulN

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 24 '20 at 02:23

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Don't put .txt on the .gitignore file...

So you can pass the file name that you don't want to push to git.

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LightCC

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answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:40

Thiago Lopes

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '20 at 06:40

create .gitignore file in your root / directory without any extension.

/
  src
     index.js
  .gitignore

want to remove the .txt files, just add in the .gitignore file

*.txt

and remove the old commit:

$ git reset HEAD~                                          
<< edit files as necessary >>                              
$ git add ...                                              
$ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD

Undo git to learn more

Why is gitignore not working even after i put the file name in?

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