Re: ignoring files/directories in git

[Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>]

mwolfe38 wrote:
> I'm working on a project by myself and using git mostly just to learn about
> it.
> In my project I have several directories I want to have git ignore. One of
> them being
> cache/ and the other log/
> I've added them to the .gitignore file which I have in the initial directory
> of the repository
> The contents of my gitignore are:
> 
> .settings
> .cache
> cache/
> log/

If I use "patches/" in my .gitignore file and then git-status 
then I get all these extra files in the "Untracked files:" section
but if I use plain "patches" (No slash at end) then it works. Sounds
like a bug to me but it sure is a workaround.

> .project
> 
> However, if I do 
> git add .
> It will add the files from cache and log anyways.
> I know git add . will add anything that hasn't been added but shouldn't it
> ignore files in .gitignore?
> If not, what is the point, I would just ignore them manually anyways. 
> The main reason i like doing git add .
> is because i'm using symfony php framework which makes good use of scripts
> which generates lots if initial files for you and thus adding one at a time
> would be a pain.
> 
> Any idea what might be going on here?  I thought maybe I had added those
> directories before putting them in .gitignore so i used git rm -r to remove
> them but they still show back up with doing git add .
> 
> Thanks in advance

Boaz