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Cloud9 IDE git setup

I use Cloud9 as my IDE and want to set up git. When I type $ git config -l it shows: 

core.editor=nano
core.whitespace=off
core.excludesfile=~/.gitignore
core.excludesfile=/home/ubuntu/
advice.statusuoption=false
color.ui=true
push.default=simple

then I type $ git config --global core.excludesfile it shows 

/home/ubuntu/

then under my .git folder, I type $ git status. it always shows

fatal: cannot use /home/ubuntu/ as an exclude file

Could anyone help me solve this question?

Thanks in advance!

Solution

  • You need to remove this from your git config:

    core.excludesfile=/home/ubuntu/

    Just edit the file ~/.gitconfig manually, and remove that line. Directories are not supported for that parameter.