Issue with excluding folders from a repository. #176254
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Yeah, that happens pretty often. Once a file has already been tracked in your first commit, updating your .gitignore later won’t actually stop Git from tracking it. That’s why it still shows up even after you add it to the ignore list. What you can do is basically “untrack” those files once. Just open the terminal in your repo and run: git rm -r --cached . That’ll make Git forget the files that should be ignored, without deleting them from your project. You can keep using GitHub Desktop — this isn’t a problem with it, just how Git works in general. Happens to most of us at least once |
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Thank you for the help! this has been given me a headache for a few days lmao |
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Yeah, absolutely! You can untrack just a specific folder instead of everything. git rm -r --cached node_modules That’ll stop Git from tracking that folder and everything inside it (subfolders and files too), as long as it’s listed in your .gitignore. |
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I've been attempting to backup my unity project using github desktop, but when excluding certain folders in the .gitignore file, they arent excluded.
I've been told that apparently including/excluding specific folders after a commit has already been made doesnt really do anything. Unfortunately, when making a repository a commit is made automatically regardless. Is there some way I can circumvent this or should I use something other than github desktop?
Any help would be appreciated!
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