On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 10:23:54PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote: > So "file" is no longer ignored. Committing the .gitignore change > doesn't change that: > > $ git add .gitignore > $ git commit -m 2nd > [master d4c95a1] 2nd > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > $ git status > On branch master > Untracked files: > (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) > file > > nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) > > Which steps did you take to arrive at a different result? Perhaps also: git check-ignore -v file would be helpful for seeing why Git thinks it might be ignored (e.g., another wildcard rule that happens to match it). -Peff
