Android studio gitignore won't ignore .iml

Question

Iv'e added:

*.iml

to all of the gitignore files in my project. They are still being tracked, even after committing the .gitignore.

score 26 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 28 '20 at 01:56

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git will track the files sometimes even if you added the file which shouldn't be tracked in .gitignore

In that case you should remove the cache first then add all.

Important : Before, commit or stash your current changes

$ git rm -r --cached .
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "file tracking - changed"

edited Oct 28 '20 at 01:56

Braian Coronel

answered Apr 01 '15 at 08:49

Dennis MP

git rm -f -r --cached . – konmik Nov 07 '15 at 18:18
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This answer should be may break things in a code base and hence should not be here, or the author should add a warning. – amar Aug 29 '17 at 08:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

0

When you added them one time, they will keep tracked!

You have to retrieve all commits till the one where you commited the .iml files.

Here is a good post on SF about reseting commits in git: How to revert Git repository to a previous commit?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

Community

answered Apr 01 '15 at 08:38

Rene M.

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This answer would be more useful if you linked to documentation and/or previous Stackoverflow answers to this FAQ. – Magnus Bäck Apr 01 '15 at 08:39

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