Git status showing something in .gitignore

Question

I have a .gitignore with:

config.ini
thingy.csv

git status shows:

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
    modified:   .gitignore
    modified:   thingy.csv

Any idea why it's ignoring the .ini and not the .csv?

Was the ini committed before? I believe git does not ignore already committed files, which is why your .csv is still tracked — Randommm, Aug 23 '23 at 09:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '23 at 09:25

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Thingy.csv was committed to git. I removed it and .gitignore did the right thing.

answered Aug 23 '23 at 09:25

Dave Hodgkinson

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