I've added .DS_Store to the .gitignore file, but it seems that it is only ignoring .DS_Store in the root directory, not in every folder and subfolder.
How do I fix this?
I've added .DS_Store to the .gitignore file, but it seems that it is only ignoring .DS_Store in the root directory, not in every folder and subfolder.
How do I fix this?
I think the problem you're having is that in some earlier commit, you've accidentally added .DS_Store files to the repository. Of course, once a file is tracked in your repository, it will continue to be tracked even if it matches an entry in an applicable .gitignore file.
You have to manually remove the .DS_Store files that were added to your repository. You can use git rm --cached .DS_Store
. Once removed, git should ignore it. You should only need the following line in your root .gitignore file: .DS_Store
. Don't forget the period!
git rm --cached .DS_Store
removes only .DS_Store
from the current directory. You can use find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch
to remove all .DS_Stores
from the repository.
Felt tip: since you probably never want to include .DS_Store files, make a global rule. First, make a global .gitignore file somewhere, e.g. echo .DS_Store >> ~/.gitignore_global
. Now tell git to use it for all repositories: git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
.
This page helped me answer your question: https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files
Add**/.DS_Store
into .gitignore
for the sub directory
If .DS_Store
already committed:
find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch
To ignore them in all repository: (sometimes it named ._.DS_Store
)
echo ".DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "._.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "**/.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "**/._.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
Your .gitignore file should look like this:
# Ignore Mac DS_Store files
.DS_Store
As long as you don't include a slash, it is matched against the file name in all directories. (from here)
If .DS_Store was never added to your git repository, simply add it to your .gitignore file.
If you don't have one, create a file called
.gitignore
In your the root directory of your app and simply write
**/.DS_Store
In it. This will never allow the .DS_Store file to sneak in your git.
But, if it's already there, write in your terminal:
find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch
then commit and push the changes to remove the .DS_Store from your remote repo:
git commit -m "Remove .DS_Store from everywhere"
git push origin master
And now add .DS_Store to your .gitignore file, and then again commit and push with the 2 last pieces of code (git commit..., git push...)
Step 1, delete all the *.DS_store
files. One can run
git rm -f *.DS_Store
but be aware that rm -f
can be a bit dangerous if you have a typo!
Step two: add
*.DS_Store
.DS_Store
to .gitignore. This worked for me!
You can also add the --cached
flag to auco's answer to maintain local .DS_store files, as Edward Newell mentioned in his original answer. The modified command looks like this: find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch
..cheers and thanks!
Add *.DS_Store
to your .gitignore file. That works for me perfectly
Step :1)Remove the existing files using this command
find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch
Step : 2)Add .DS_Store in your .gitignore file
Step :3) Commit your changes in .gitignore git add .gitignore git commit -m "removed .DS_Store"