Comment by paulddraper
3 days ago
Yeah this is wrong.
They will show the files in your repo.
gitignore just decides whether untracked files appear as new or ignored. (But you can commit them anyway if you are so inclined.)
3 days ago
Yeah this is wrong.
They will show the files in your repo.
gitignore just decides whether untracked files appear as new or ignored. (But you can commit them anyway if you are so inclined.)
how do you commit a file without first adding it?
`git add -f` will add ignored files. Once you've done that, any files you've added will be part of your commit regardless of the contents of .gitignore.
Also, files that are added to .gitignore after they’ve already been committed will still appear as modified. To stop tracking them, you need to remove them from the index (staging area):
Right... and also (I think; unsure bc I only ever use cli) some GUIs (eg github.com web ui) may enable adding files that'd otherwise be ignored.
(shrug)