I know .gitignore works in one direction, but does it work in the reverse direction?
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Trying to understand how .gitignore files work: do they just ignore files only when you push to a branch or do they also ignore the same files if they've been updated on master, and you want to pull those changes? I know it works in one direction: when I want to push to a remote branch, and I'm wondering if it works in the reverse direction: when I want to pull changes for a gitignore-d file from a remote branch.
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Trying to understand how .gitignore files work: do they just ignore files only when you push to a branch or do they also ignore the same files if they've been updated on master, and you want to pull those changes? I know it works in one direction: when I want to push to a remote branch, and I'm wondering if it works in the reverse direction: when I want to pull changes for a gitignore-d file from a remote branch.
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So many duplicates and refs elsewhere stackoverflow.com/q/3001888/1531971 stackoverflow.com/q/11451535/1531971 help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files (Show what research you've done and then re-ask in the context of all the reference material available to you.)
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Trying to understand how .gitignore files work: do they just ignore files only when you push to a branch or do they also ignore the same files if they've been updated on master, and you want to pull those changes? I know it works in one direction: when I want to push to a remote branch, and I'm wondering if it works in the reverse direction: when I want to pull changes for a gitignore-d file from a remote branch.
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asked Nov 19 at 16:22
Sharon Kim
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Trying to understand how .gitignore files work: do they just ignore files only when you push to a branch or do they also ignore the same files if they've been updated on master, and you want to pull those changes? I know it works in one direction: when I want to push to a remote branch, and I'm wondering if it works in the reverse direction: when I want to pull changes for a gitignore-d file from a remote branch.
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asked Nov 19 at 16:22
Sharon Kim
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asked Nov 19 at 16:22
Sharon Kim
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asked Nov 19 at 16:22
Sharon Kim
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asked Nov 19 at 16:22
Sharon Kim
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asked Nov 19 at 16:22
Sharon Kim
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So many duplicates and refs elsewhere stackoverflow.com/q/3001888/1531971 stackoverflow.com/q/11451535/1531971 help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files (Show what research you've done and then re-ask in the context of all the reference material available to you.)
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So many duplicates and refs elsewhere stackoverflow.com/q/3001888/1531971 stackoverflow.com/q/11451535/1531971 help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files (Show what research you've done and then re-ask in the context of all the reference material available to you.)
– jdv
Nov 19 at 17:23
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So many duplicates and refs elsewhere stackoverflow.com/q/3001888/1531971 stackoverflow.com/q/11451535/1531971 help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files (Show what research you've done and then re-ask in the context of all the reference material available to you.)
– jdv
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So many duplicates and refs elsewhere stackoverflow.com/q/3001888/1531971 stackoverflow.com/q/11451535/1531971 help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files (Show what research you've done and then re-ask in the context of all the reference material available to you.)
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That's not how .gitignore works. The only job of the .gitignore file is to prevent you from adding them to the staging area. Thus, if you try to
git add file.txt
and file.txt is mentioned in the .gitignore file, you will get an error:
The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
file.txt
Use -f if you really want to add them.
You can use the -f flag, as mentioned in the error message, to add the file anyways:
git add -f file.txt
This also implies that files that are already tracked by Git are not influenced by the .gitignore file anymore. More on that here: How to make Git "forget" about a file that was tracked but is now in .gitignore?
answered Nov 19 at 16:40
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That's not how .gitignore works. The only job of the .gitignore file is to prevent you from adding them to the staging area. Thus, if you try to
git add file.txt
and file.txt is mentioned in the .gitignore file, you will get an error:
The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
file.txt
Use -f if you really want to add them.
You can use the -f flag, as mentioned in the error message, to add the file anyways:
git add -f file.txt
This also implies that files that are already tracked by Git are not influenced by the .gitignore file anymore. More on that here: How to make Git "forget" about a file that was tracked but is now in .gitignore?
answered Nov 19 at 16:40
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That's not how .gitignore works. The only job of the .gitignore file is to prevent you from adding them to the staging area. Thus, if you try to
git add file.txt
and file.txt is mentioned in the .gitignore file, you will get an error:
The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
file.txt
Use -f if you really want to add them.
You can use the -f flag, as mentioned in the error message, to add the file anyways:
git add -f file.txt
This also implies that files that are already tracked by Git are not influenced by the .gitignore file anymore. More on that here: How to make Git "forget" about a file that was tracked but is now in .gitignore?
answered Nov 19 at 16:40
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That's not how .gitignore works. The only job of the .gitignore file is to prevent you from adding them to the staging area. Thus, if you try to
git add file.txt
and file.txt is mentioned in the .gitignore file, you will get an error:
The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
file.txt
Use -f if you really want to add them.
You can use the -f flag, as mentioned in the error message, to add the file anyways:
git add -f file.txt
This also implies that files that are already tracked by Git are not influenced by the .gitignore file anymore. More on that here: How to make Git "forget" about a file that was tracked but is now in .gitignore?
answered Nov 19 at 16:40
alfunx
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That's not how .gitignore works. The only job of the .gitignore file is to prevent you from adding them to the staging area. Thus, if you try to
git add file.txt
and file.txt is mentioned in the .gitignore file, you will get an error:
The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
file.txt
Use -f if you really want to add them.
You can use the -f flag, as mentioned in the error message, to add the file anyways:
git add -f file.txt
This also implies that files that are already tracked by Git are not influenced by the .gitignore file anymore. More on that here: How to make Git "forget" about a file that was tracked but is now in .gitignore?
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So many duplicates and refs elsewhere stackoverflow.com/q/3001888/1531971 stackoverflow.com/q/11451535/1531971 help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files (Show what research you've done and then re-ask in the context of all the reference material available to you.)
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