Re: ignoring files/directories in git

[mwolfe38 <mwolfe38@gmail.com>]

I just thought that I would add that the reason is a bug in the 1.5.4.3
version that I am using which is the ubuntu 8.04 repository version.
According to some developers, the current version should fix this issue.


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/
> .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
> 

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