I have a cache directory I'm trying to have ignored by git which lives in my CMS's root directory here:
/files/cache/
I've tried the following variations in a .gitignore file at the root of the project:
/files/cache
/files/cache/*
files/cache
files/cache/*
But the files still show up in Tower ready to be staged - the only other thing I can think of is that I'm using comments in the file like this:
# comment
/files/cache
Just not sure what I've missed sorry - any help would be much appreciated
Are the files in question untracked? Please note that files that are already tracked by Git can't be ignored. In that case you'd have to untrack them and commit the deletion, first.
In Tower's "Status" view, which view mode do you use?
If we're talking about folders (not only individual files) matched by a pattern, "ALL" mode will continue to show the folder as untracked (while also hiding individual files). "MODIFIED" will hide the matched patterns completely.
Put this .gitignore in /files/.gitignore
cache
and commit it.
Related
I'm using Github Desktop on Windows 10. I have a .gitignore file with which I'd like to ignore everything in the directory, including all subdirectories.
What's frustrating is that most files are excluded, but I'm still getting a few random files that I cannot seem to ignore.
I have a directory, say, My Dir/Sub-dir, I want to ignore. I also want to ignore all files of extension, say, *.swf. Thus, I write this .gitignore file:
My Dir/Sub-dir
*.swf
But, when I go back to Github Desktop, I still get two files similar to the following in the list:
My Dir/Sub-dir/anotherdir/randomfile.xml
My Dir/Sub-dir/animation.swf
What's going on? Is this a bug? Or am I missing something?
EDIT:
Other alternative .gitignores I've tried are:
My*Dir/Sub-dir
*.swf
My\ Dir/Sub-dir
*.swf
My Dir/Sub-dir/
*.swf
/My Dir/Sub-dir
*.swf
EDIT:
So, I've tried the git rm --cached <file> command on my files, and it worked - until one of the files changes again. Github Desktop then once again says they need to be updated.
p.s. It may be that they somehow got indexed in the master branch, as I'm currently in a different branch. Would this cause it? And, if so, how would I eliminate these files from all branches?
To ignore all trees under specific directories, append the trailing slash to the directory:
# Ignore directory at all levels, even if the directory is nested under other directories
My Dir/Sub-dir/
# Ignore the directory only if it exists at the root of your repository
/My Dir/Sub-dir/
# Ignore the sub-directory, no matter where it appears within your repository
Sub-dir/
# Ignore all swf files
*.swf
If you are continuing to experience difficulties, your problem may be that the files you wish to ignore are already indexed by git (via the git add command). If the files are not committed yet, you can remove them from the index with git reset -- 'My Dir/Sub-dir/'. If your files have been committed, you can remove them from the index with git rm --cached <file>.
I guess the whitespace could be a problem. Try
My\ Dir/Sub-dir
or
My*Dir/Sub-dir
This could be a good reference .gitignore entire directory with whitespace in name
I come from SourceTree to board the GitKraken hype train. It has always been pretty easy to ignore files within ST. Just right-click on a file in the unstaged container and you've all the options. You can ignore the files directly, each file beneath a specific folder etc. (so, all the .gitignore stuff from within the GUI =)).
However, I can't find a similar feature in GitKraken. Does anybody know how I can ignore files via the GUI of GitKraken?
Please note: This is not a git question. I absolutely know in depth how ignoring files in Git work. But that's not the topic whatsoever. This is just a trivial GitKraken support question.
Currently there isn't an option to ignore a file through the GitKraken GUI.
If you check their post on twitter this is planned to be implemented soon and it will be in their release notes once this is completed.
UPDATE (26.01.2017.):
Version 2.0.0 brings the .gitignore option to the list of functionalities. You can now select a file or folder in the file staging area, and add to the .gitignore file on the fly. Right-click and select Ignore. From there, you can:
Add that specific file to .gitignore
Add all files with that file extension to .gitignore
Add all files in the same folder as the selected file to
.gitignore
(If selecting a folder) add that folder to the .gitignore
my problem is quite simple: there is a folder in my project which I want versioned, but not pushed along with the rest of the project when I push updates. The situation is that I made an Android app stub along with the project, and I don't want to push it until it is actually somewhat functioning. It's a pretty bulky folder.
I do not want to make a separate branch for that folder, because of two problems: firstly, updating that branch whenever I pull from remote will require a merge; secondly, swapping between the two branches requires noticeable waiting time as the thousands of Android files are created/deleted, and this is very annoying to me.
I was thinking about editing .hgignore in some way, but I think it is wrong that the remote repo will then have my local folder as ignored.
Any suggestions?
You can add this snippet to your repo's hgrc file:
[ui]
ignore = /path/to/.hg/hgignore
where the point about this hgignore file is that it is non-versioned and local to you. The contents hgignore can be anything that would also be suitable for the (versioned) .hgignore. e.g:
syntax: glob
/directory/to/ignore
The name of the file, hgignore, can be called anything, but it's what I use.
You can use the configuration [defaults] section to add some "--exclude" options to usual commands (see my answer to Mercurial hg ignore does not work properly ) for more details. You can even specify which files you do not want to commit in your directory, e.g., stub/**.c for all C files in the hierarchy of directories below stub.
But.. be careful that it is dangerous to silently ignore modifications to files and also that this [defaults] section has been marked as deprecated (it is still present in 2.9.2).
If this is a temporary situation, it would solve your problem though: you would just have to remove the --exclude parts when you feel ready to commit and push your stub.
I am using a Git Repository to manage my project,
Now when i try to commit i see there are some impoertant file like content/image , scripts , etc files in untrack files
Why?
Is there any way to resolve this?
Regards,
vinit
You have to use "git add [wildcard or directory or file(s)]" first to add your files to the versioning system GIT. Manual page is here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-add.html
And the git book is worth a read.
Also I liked gitready very much.
Happy coding
If your Git repo has been initialized on GitHub (and then cloned), it is likely to come with a .gitignore (as well as a README.md, and even a LICENSE file).
Check if those files aren't ignored by the rules in the .gitignore.
You can do that with:
git check-ignore -v scripts
You can edit that file to remove the rules you don't want, then a git add . will add:
the modified .gitignore files
the files that were previously ignored.
I'm wondering where to put .hgignore file; in the main repository or each programmer should have it on his cloned copy?
Please clarify. Thanks.
You should put the file at the root of your repository.
See :
https://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgignore.5.html
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/.hgignore
It says:
These files can be ignored by listing them in a .hgignore file in the root of the working directory. The .hgignore file must be created manually. It is typically put under version control, so that the settings will propagate to other repositories with push and pull.
Also another advantage is that, you might be working on multiple projects. Each having it's own set of pattern of files to ignore. For example, working on a Visual Studio project or a simple C++ project or a Python project. This ensures that patterns to ignore are relevant to the project.
How ever, you may not want to replicate these patterns in every ignore files. In such a case Mercurial configuration file can reference a set of per-user or global ignore files.
Example for global ignore files
in ~/.hgrc1:
[ui]
ignore = ~/.hgignore
in ~/.hgignore:
syntax: glob
*.tex
*.R
1 On Windows: %USERPROFILE%\mercurial.ini, ~ refers to %USERPROFILE% on Windows.
I've never seen it anywhere but the main repository.
How are you going to ignore the .hgignore without an .hgignore file in the repositry to ignore it ;P
Seriously.. it should probably be in the repository, since the files to be ignored are respositry-specific; a user can of course specify their own ignores additionally in a file specified in their .hgrc
you can have a global one inside your ~/.hgrc directory or a project specific one inside
the project's root directory
It belongs in the top folder of the repository. It is not meant for personal ignores but for project-wide ignores (i.e. applying for everyone). However, usually developers will add e.g. their faviourite editor's temp. files to that file - doesn't hurt anyone.
If you want to ignore something others probably do NOT want to ignore, put it in your personal ignore in ~/.hgrc.