Stop git from picking up background changes in project

Question

I am new to git and am using the github desktop software. Everytime I make a change in my project lots of other files which get changed in the background also appear in the changes section of git. How would I stop git from picking up these changes, as I only want to upload the code I am editing. Thanks! https://gyazo.com/e28007bbb220d22511deabf236f569bb

Does this answer your question? [How to ignore certain files in Git](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4308610/how-to-ignore-certain-files-in-git) — mkrieger1, Dec 05 '20 at 13:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '20 at 17:00

You need to create a .gitignore file at the root of your project and list the folders and files you don't want git to track like this:

.idea
bin/

You can find many examples on this git repository if you don't want to do it manually: https://github.com/github/gitignore

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '20 at 17:01

you can use gitignore in you git folder. Within this file you can specify what files you dont want to have tracked.

Make sure you name your gitignore like this:

.gitignore

Documentaion for gitignore: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

Here your can create your .gitignore for your programming language: https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore

Cheers

Stop git from picking up background changes in project

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