Git - .gitignore is not working

Questions

I m on Windows and my .gitignore file seems to be being ignored by git - could the .gitignore file be corrupt? Which file format, locale or culture does git expect?

My .gitignore:

#this is a comment
debug.log
nbproject/

Output from git status:

# On branch master
# Your branch is ahead of  origin/master  by 1 commit.
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#       debug.log
#       nbproject/
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

I would like debug.log and nbproject/ not to appear in the untracked files list.

Where should I start looking to fix this?

Answers

Even if you haven t tracked the files so far, git seems to be able to "know" about them even after you add them to .gitignore.

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NOTE : First commit your current changes, or you will lose them.

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Then run the following commands from the top folder of your git repo:

git rm -r --cached .
git add .
git commit -m "fixed untracked files"

Source

License : cc by-sa 3.0

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11451535/gitignore-is-not-working

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