Fixed, by removing the trailing / in the names it will then ignore all files in that directory, so now i just have cache log instead of cache/ and log/ mwolfe38 wrote: > > I'm working on a project by myself and using git mostly just to learn > about it. > In my project I have several directories I want to have git ignore. One of > them being > cache/ and the other log/ > I've added them to the .gitignore file which I have in the initial > directory of the repository > The contents of my gitignore are: > > .settings > .cache > cache/ > log/ > .project > > However, if I do > git add . > It will add the files from cache and log anyways. > I know git add . will add anything that hasn't been added but shouldn't it > ignore files in .gitignore? > If not, what is the point, I would just ignore them manually anyways. > The main reason i like doing git add . > is because i'm using symfony php framework which makes good use of scripts > which generates lots if initial files for you and thus adding one at a > time would be a pain. > > Any idea what might be going on here? I thought maybe I had added those > directories before putting them in .gitignore so i used git rm -r to > remove them but they still show back up with doing git add . > > Thanks in advance > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ignoring-files-directories-in-git-tp19596152p19596620.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
