On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 5:30 AM, Sascha Manns <saigk...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > actually i'm having some trouble by using git. My .gitignore shows: > > sascha@sascha-desktop:~/RubymineProjects/hoe-manns$ cat .gitignore > Index.yml > hoe-manns.gemspec > .yardoc > SetupConfig > SetupReceipt > README.txt > doc > ChangeLog > pkg > .teamcity > .idea > Changelog > > But a git status says me: > > sascha@sascha-desktop:~/RubymineProjects/hoe-manns$ LANG=C git status > On branch develop > Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/develop'. > Changes not staged for commit: > (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) > (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) > > modified: .idea/workspace.xml
A file that is in the repo (already) needs to be removed first to be ignored. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1139762/ignore-files-that-have-already-been-committed-to-a-git-repository I prefer this for the task (assuming changing history is ok) https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
