Exclude a specific file Loader.php from Zend folder under vendor folder

Question

Below is the entry I added in .gitignore to exclude Load.php file so that any change to this file is tracked. I don't seem to find the mistake in my rules. Please help me figure it out.

Path to the file: public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend

/public_html/vendor
!/public_html/vendor/magento

/public_html/vendor/magento/*
!/public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1

/public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/*
!/public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library

/public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/*
!/public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend

/public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend/*
!public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend/Loader.php

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-19T12:09:00.847

1

Add at least !/public_html/vendor/*/:

/public_html/vendor/*
!/public_html/vendor/*/
!public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend/Loader.php

(no trailing slash after Loader.php, since it is a file, not a folder)

If you do not whitelist folders (here, subfolders of vendor/), you won't be able to exclude files, since the parent folders are ignored.

The general rule is:

It is not possible to re-include a file if a parent directory of that file is excluded.

Double-check with git check-ignore -v -- path/to/file

Also, make sure the file was not already tracked:

cd /path/to/repository
git rm --cached  -- public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend/Loader.php

edited Sep 19 '22 at 12:09

answered Sep 19 '22 at 07:53

VonC

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Thanks, but it is not working. Do I need to do cache:clean to see it changed? – Pramod Gangadar Sep 19 '22 at 08:01
@PramodGangadar First, did you try the `git rm --cached` command, to make sure it was not tracked? – VonC Sep 19 '22 at 08:11
Yes I tried at Magento root and received the message saying it didn't find any matching file – Pramod Gangadar Sep 19 '22 at 08:58
@PramodGangadar But, from the same root folder, `ls public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend/Loader.php` does work, right? – VonC Sep 19 '22 at 09:14
@PramodGangadar If ls works, what does `git check-ignore -v -- public_html/vendor/magento/zendframework1/library/Zend/Loader.php` return? – VonC Sep 19 '22 at 09:15
It returned `.gitignore:180:/public_html/vendor Loader.php` – Pramod Gangadar Sep 19 '22 at 09:18
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/248169/discussion-between-pramod-gangadar-and-vonc). – Pramod Gangadar Sep 19 '22 at 09:20

Exclude a specific file Loader.php from Zend folder under vendor folder

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