How to ignore certain files in Git

Question

Hi Team,

I have a repository with a Java file. When I compile it, an additional class file is generated. I created an entry for the class file in a .gitignore file. However, the file still appears to be tracked. How can I make Git ignore the class file?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

The problem is that .gitignore ignores just files that weren't tracked before (by git add). Run git reset name_of_file to unstage the file and keep it. In case you want to also remove the given file from the repository (after pushing), use git rm --cached name_of_file.