如何阻止 git 跟踪文件夹？

Question

i got a short problem with git. I found out that git is like tracking my C:\Users\name folder, where name is a placeholder. Because when i am at C:\Users\name and say git status it tells me: '''untracked files [...] nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) ''' How can i say git that it should not track my users folder? I read something about.gitignore, but i think this is not working, because i dont want to whole folder to be tracked from git.

Answer 1

C:\Users\name_here?

If git is trying to track your user folder it means that the root of the ropository is in location which has your user folder as its subirectory. This could be C:\Users or C:\ .

You need to copy your repository to a dedicated folder eg C:\git\Project1 . Please be aware that if you are moving files, you need to move the hidden .git folder. ( .git folder makes a folder a git reposiotry).

If you're confused, it may be easiest to start in a new folder.

---

To ignore a folder in git

You can use a .gitignore file.

The doco

gitignore - Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore

To ignore a folder use dir_to_ignore/

Please note that .gitignore should be part of the repository.

1. Create a text file called .gitignore at the root of the repository
2. Add folder_to_ignore/ to it (please note the slash at the end.
3. git add.gitignore
4. git commit 'Adding.gitignore'

Answer 2

Solved it by deleting the.git Folder. But the folder was hidden and therefore in havent seem it

Answer 3

In addition to tymtam's answer, I want to add that if the git is already tracking the directory, adding the.gitignor file will not help and you should use the "git rm" command so that the git stops tracking the file or directory.