gitignore file not working properly

Question

I am trying to ignore the .pyc files in my folder and do not want to add them to my repository and i already created the gitignore file.

My gitignore file looks like this:

#python specific
*.pyc

##generic files to ignore
*~
*.lock
*.DS_Store
*.swp
*.out

Besides the .pyc file i want to ignore some other basic generic files. But when i type git add ., it still adds the .pyc files.

How do i solve this problem?Need some help...

Are the .pyc files already tracked? gitignore isn't used for already-tracked files, just for untracked ones. — Lily Ballard, Jun 06 '12 at 07:58
have a look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/936249/removing-a-file-from-git-source-control-but-not-from-the-source — lakshmen, Oct 12 '12 at 11:34

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '12 at 14:57

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git expects the file to be named .gitignore, not gitignore (note the period at the start of the file name).

answered Jun 06 '12 at 14:57

Paul R

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