Why is git mentioning an Untracked file outside my current directory?
Question
git is tracking a bunch of files:
git ls-tree --full-tree -r HEAD
100644 blob a-sha1 .gitignore
100644 blob b-sha1 my/file
however when I do a git status I get:
# Untracked files:
# (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# ../../../.project
Why is ../../../.project being listed as an untracked file?
2 answers
solution1
0 2017-11-13 17:27:24
This would be due to it being present inside the directory where your git repository is initialized.
To stop it being tracked you could add that directory to your .gitignore
solution2
0 2020-09-07 08:28:43
If you haven't run git init in this repo, that can happen.
I added a ../ in .gitignore and then run git init .
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