Git ignore same files in all directories

Question

I have added to my .gitignore file:

dwsync.xml

However, this doesn't ignore other dwsync.xml files in other directories, it only ignores the root directory. How can I solve this?

Answer 1

You say that:

When changes are made to dwsync.xml in other folders, the changes come up on 'Uncommitted Changes'.

This means that the dwsync.xml files actually are part of your repository. In this case .gitignore has no effect. The files mentioned in .gitignore only apply to files that are not in the repository, and that you don't want shown as "untracked files".

Answer 2

If you have .gitignore file in your child directories the recursive propagation will not work on that directories. You must add file name/mask explicitly or remove .gitignore from child directories.