From: <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
To: "'Skybuck Flying'" <skybuck2000@hotmail.com>, <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: .env is not being ignored by this .gitignore file.
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 16:36:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01ef01dc0323$ed679700$c836c500$@nexbridge.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB7PR02MB426582D352EC00FDCDC5CD45B326A@DB7PR02MB4265.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
On August 1, 2025 4:14 PM Skybuck Flying wrote:
>Command line tool "Gemini cli" uses .env text files to store API keys.
>
>I am trying to make git version 2.43.0.windows.1 ignore these .env files.
>
>However for some reason it refuses to do so. (Any idea why ?)
>
>Here is the .gitignore file:
>
># Modern Delphi 12.3 .gitignore
>#
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
># Delphi / C++Builder Compiled Output & Binaries
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>*.exe
>*.dll
>*.so
>*.a
>*.lib
>*.bpl
>*.dcp
>*.dcu
>*.obj
>*.o
>*.res # Compiled resource files
>
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
># IDE Generated, User-Specific & Intermediate Files
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>*.~*
>*.bak
>*.old
>*.tmp # General temporary files
>*.temp # General temporary files
>*.local
>*.dsk
>*.cfg
>*.map
>*.tds
>*.drc
>*.rsm
>*.log
>*.pch
>*.ipch
>*.stat
>*.identcache
>*.dproj.local
>*.dproj.user
>*.groupproj.local
>*.groupproj.user
>*.bkm # Delphi IDE bookmarks
>*.tvsconfig # TestInsight configuration files *.history # Files with
.history extension
>
># Legacy project files
>*.dof
>*.kof
>
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
># IDE History, Recovery & Autosave
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>**/__history/
>**/__recovery/
>*.autosave
>
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
># Output Directories (using **/ to match at any depth)
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>**/Win32/
>**/Win64/
>**/Debug/
>**/Release/
>
># Cross-platform output folders
>**/Linux64/
>**/OSX64/
>**/OSXARM64/
>**/Android/
>**/Android64/
>**/iOSDevice32/
>**/iOSDevice64/
>**/iOSSimulator/
>
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
># Common Temporary / Local / Sensitive Files (General)
>#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>*.zip # General compressed archives (often backups or downloads) *.env #
>Environment variable files (CRITICAL for sensitive data)=
It does not work when .gitignore contains
*.zip # Something
*.env # Something else
But does correctly for
*.zip
*.env
Try removing the comment or move it to the prior line. I am on git 2.45.1.
--Randall
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-01 20:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-01 20:13 .env is not being ignored by this .gitignore file Skybuck Flying
2025-08-01 20:24 ` Skybuck Flying
2025-08-01 20:36 ` rsbecker [this message]
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