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gitignore > some ignored files still added to the repository

I don't understand why ignored files are still added to the repository. Are there some circumstances when files which are in the .gitignore list, can be still added to the repository

I added directory to the .gitignore before I did anything with the project (project is clean, no trucked or untracked files). Then I built the project. During the build process some files were modified. When the build was done, most of the modified files were ignored, but some were added to the repository. I don't understand this git's selectivity.

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Solution

  • Usually, files are added to the index when modified if they were tracked before the .gitignore referenced them.

    Try:

    git rm --cached -r biz/modules/rest-apis/docs/refAddress

    Then control that all files are ignored, by selecting one which was added before:

    git check-ignore -v -- biz/modules/rest-apis/docs/refAddress/GET_1.0_v4_addresses.json

    You should see a .gitignore rule (no output means: the file is not ignored).