Question

I have created a project called zz and it has a single file called ruby.rb in it. I am using git. I have already added ruby.rb to the staging area. Now I have modified the ruby.rb file and using git status below is the output.

nikhil@pc:/home/rapps/zz$ git status
# On branch master
# Changed but not updated:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#   modified:   ruby.rb
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#   ruby.rb~
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Now I see another file ruby.rb~ even though, I did not created it. Is git creating this file. I have seen tutorials on Internet and I think I have found this on my system only.

I’m on Ubuntu 10.10 using gedit with gmate plug-gins.

Answer 1

Git does not create these files on my system, but I know gedit has a back-up system. If you disable the backup in gedit’s preferences, the files should not be created again.

You can put this into the .gitignore file so git won’t commit them:

*~