Tag: git

Sometimes, when we do a ‘git status’ command, it displays unwanted files, asking us to track them. Ex:

git status

On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with ‘origin/master’.

Untracked files:
  (use “git add <file>…” to include in what will be committed)

    atlassian-ide-plugin.xml

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use “git add” to track)

In my case, it shows a plugin related file from my ide( atlassian-ide-plugin.xml). I don’t want this file to be shown in the git status command, but i need to have it in my working directory, in my hard drive.

Having such a line can be a distraction some times. So what can we do?

1. Go to your project root folder, and open the ‘.gitignore’ file at there.

2. Insert the unwanted file name there & save.

Ex: my .gitignore file

# Ignore everything in this directory
target
.classpath
.settings
.project
*.iml
*.iws
*.ipr
.idea
atlassian-ide-plugin.xml

3. Now do a ‘git status’ & see. That file & related message will not be shown again.

Sometimes, after that the console will show the following message.

git status

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:   .gitignore

Untracked files:
  (use “git add <file>…” to include in what will be committed)

    .gitignore~

no changes added to commit (use “git add” and/or “git commit -a”)

In this case, you can commit your updated ‘.gitignore’ file to your repository, so anyone using your repo will have the same file ignore configurations.

As for ‘.gitignore~‘ file , simply delete it manually.