.gitignore and web.release.config

Asked 1/10, 2014 at 13:18 Answered 10/10, 2014 at 11:14

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I'm trying to remove my web.release.config from my GIT repository, so I removed it from git with git rm and then added it to my .gitignore file.

But as soon as I copy again the file into the project, it gets added by Visual Studio to the pending changes.

This is the line in the gitignore file:

Web.Release.config

But it gets added:

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How can I successfully remove web.release.config from git?

Remonstrate answered 1/10, 2014 at 13:18 Comment(2)

You have no trailing characters there? – Depersonalize 10/10, 2014 at 13:17

Not one, checked multiple times – Remonstrate 14/10, 2014 at 13:58

After adding files to the .gitignore file, to ignore those files we have to execute some commands.
To ignore the files which we mentioned in the .gitignore file, we have to execute the following commands.

git rm -r --cached . git add . git commit -m ".gitignore is now working"
Please refer this question once.

Admass answered 7/10, 2014 at 11:46 Comment(6)

The file is already removed from the repository, also git doesn't show it in 'git status'. It is visual studio that is trying to add it. – Remonstrate 7/10, 2014 at 14:20

please check whether this file 'Web.Release.config' exists in your project folder. and add entire path of your file in '.gitignore' file. – Admass 8/10, 2014 at 4:35

Yes it exists, as you can see in the pictures above. I've also tried with the full path of the file, no success – Remonstrate 8/10, 2014 at 13:30

after adding that file path in .gitignore execute above three commands once. – Admass 8/10, 2014 at 14:2

Yes, I've already done that, the file is not in the repository – Remonstrate 9/10, 2014 at 14:14

Please check this link #25908953 it may help you – Admass 11/10, 2014 at 0:59

This might not be a "proper" answer, but I think it's Visual Studio messing around. I've been experiencing the same problem with Visual Studio 2013 when I tried to exclude NuGet packages from the repository. git status shows nothing, while VS still shouting that there're hundreds of files pending to be added. I ended up just use a Git Client (Git Extension, which is bundled with the git installation package) and ignore that Team Explorer tab in VS completely.

Prefrontal answered 9/10, 2014 at 15:57 Comment(1)

Yes, it definitely seems to be a problem with VS – Remonstrate 10/10, 2014 at 14:25

-1

Open your .gitignore file in a real text editor and verify that the encoding is UTF-8. Other encoding (eg: UTF-16LE) may cause this problem.

Barreto answered 10/10, 2014 at 11:14 Comment(1)

It was in another encoding, but I've already changed it and no effect – Remonstrate 10/10, 2014 at 14:25

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