I added the folder .Rproj.user to .gitignore. However, some files contained in it still show up (see screenshot). Any ideas what can I do about it?
Update
No changes after adding .Rproj.user/**
First of all your files are already committed so you have to remove it from the repo:
# Once you add files to git, it will keep tracking them,
# so we have to delete them and commit your deletion
git rm -r --cached .Rproj.user/**
# Commit the deleted files
git commit -m "Removed files...."
# now add it to the `.gitignore` and the files will be ignored
echo '.Rproj.user/**' > .gitignore
You need to mark it as folder.
In order to do so add the 2 ** as described above
P.S.
Here is a cool hook which will block that kind of files to be added when you try to push them to the server.
What are some more forceful ways than a .gitignore to keep (force) files out of a repo?
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I can't remove .Rproj.user folder from untracked changes.
I tried using git clean -d -f to remove the .Rproj.user folder from untracked changes. The terminal responds that it is 'Removing .Rproj.user'. But when I run git status again the .Rproj.user is still listed under untracked files.
As #evolutionxbox says, you need to ignore this folder. This means you have to list it in the .gitignore file.
You can do it manually or better use ;
usethis::use_git_ignore(".Rproj.user")
This should do the trick.
To know more about using git with R, I recommend reading this website : happygitwithr.com/
I am working on a Wordpress site, and been given access to the git repository for this project. The entire WP install is in the Repo. All I care about is being able to push my changes to the theme and a select list of plugin folders, ie:
/wp-content/themes/myTheme2017/
/wp-content/plugins/myPlugin1/
/wp-content/plugins/myPlugin2/
....
How can I exclude everything else from being tracked? How can I update my local WP install, and customize my wp-config.php file, and not have those changes be tracked?
As per How do I configure git to ignore some files locally?, I can specify the files I want excluded much like in gitignore files. Then, I can run git update-index --skip-worktree [<file>...] and get my desired results.
git update-index --skip-worktree wp-config.php
The real question is then can I exclude entire folders? Do I have to run the skip-worktree command on every file?
The real question is then can I exclude entire folders? Do I have to run the skip-worktree command on every file?
Yes, every file: Git does work with content (files), not containers (directories).
You can find here an approach using submodules
git submodule add -f https://github.com/wp-plugins/wp-migrate-db.git ./wp-content/plugins/wp-migrate-db
git commit -m "Added WP Migrate DB plugin"
That allows to commit separately in your parent repo or your submodule.
I have a project and it has a lot of directories containing .dll files. Now I want to ignore all files having .dll extension from all directory. I have .gitignore file in root directory.I tried many combinations but none seems to work.
Please help
Just use
*.dll
That will ignore all .dll files recursively, in all folders.
Ignoring files
From time to time, there are files you don't want Git to check in to GitHub. There are a few ways to tell Git which files to ignore.
Create a local .gitignore
If you create a file in your repository named .gitignore, Git uses it to determine which files and directories to ignore, before you make a commit.
A .gitignore file should be committed into your repository, in order to share the ignore rules with any other users that clone the repository.
GitHub maintains an official list of recommended .gitignore files for many popular operating systems, environments, and languages in the github/gitignore public repository.
In Terminal, navigate to the location of your Git repository.
Enter touch .gitignore to create a .gitignore file.
The Octocat has a Gist containing some good rules to add to this file.
If you already have a file checked in, and you want to ignore it, Git will not ignore the file if you add a rule later. In those cases, you must untrack the file first, by running the following command in your terminal:
git rm --cached FILENAME
Create a global .gitignore
You can also create a global .gitignore file, which is a list of rules for ignoring files in every Git repository on your computer. For example, you might create the file at ~/.gitignore_global and add some rules to it.
Open Terminal.
Run the following command in your terminal:git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
I'm using Sourcetree on OS X. I'm working on a WordPress project. For some reason, changes I make in the 'themes' directory are not being shown as Unstaged files. If I add a test file to /wp-admin/ or /wp-content/ it shows the test file as unstaged. I can't figure out why themes files are not being tracked.
I checked .gitignore and it's empty.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
To clarify the question. If SourceTree fails to recognize un-tracked files here are some steps you should take.
Double check that you are not listing the file/directory in .gitignore
Open up a GIT console for that repository and run git status This should show whether any changes are detectable by GIT.
Go to the directory in which you are having problems and look to see if you have any .gitignore files or .git folders. If they exist then deleting them should allow you to add these files to your repository
Caution:
Sometimes having a Repo inside a repo is by design (often referred to as a sub-repository) and could cause issues if removed.
Edit:
I just replicated this scenario with two repos and source tree appeared to see the untracked files once the .git was removed.
Could you open up a terminal window to that themes directory and do an ls -a?
If you use SourceTree, open the terminal and use git add <fileName> -f to force shown any changes in this folder then you can push to Bitbucket
As title suggest, I want to know if there is a single git command that put all my project in one folder first (not including .gitignored files) and then proceed archiving the folder— leaving ignored files not included when archiving which is nice.
This can be beneficial for me as I am working on WordPress plugin with multiple release. Some references.
I want all the files (minus the .gitignored files) move to a folder first then proceed archiving that folder
It is possible in one command provided you define an alias but this isn't git-related:
you can:
clone your repo elsewhere (that way you don't get any ignored or private file)
move your files as you see fit in that local clone
archive (tar cpvf yourArchive.tar yourFolder)
But git archive alone won't help you move those files, which is why I would recommend a script with custom bash commands (not git commands).
You don't really need to copy / clone the repo anywhere.
Make sure you committed all your changes.
Process the files any way you want.
Run tar -cvjf dist/archive-name.tbz2 --transform='s,^,archive-name/,' $(git ls-tree --full-tree -r --name-only --full-name HEAD)
run git reset --hard to restore without any of the changes you made in step #2.
Hints:
The --transform='s,^,archive-name/,' is so your files will be extracted toarchive-name/....`, you can remove it if you don't need that.