Gitignore file does not ignore

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I´m writing on a protject and work with a Google Api Key. I want to ignore the file where the key is stored, that nobody can see it. But it doesnt work. I found no question, that answers my question.

I added this code to my .gitignore file:

# Google Api Key
/GoogleService-Info.plist

But the fle is not ignored. I thought that now every file with this name have to be ignored. What´s the problem here?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '22 at 16:10

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you have to delete the file if it's already committed; Gitignore gives you the capability to not track specified files on it.

answered Aug 29 '22 at 16:10

Moussa ELaQ

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you can mark the answer as accepted, so others can benefit from it. This is how StackOverflow works ;) – Moussa ELaQ Aug 30 '22 at 13:37

Gitignore file does not ignore

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