Question

I have the following .gitignore file

# file named .gitignore

system/application/config/database.php
system/application/config/config.php
system/logs
modules/recaptcha/config/*

However when I add any changes in config and recapcha.php, git status warns me as following.
When I add any changes to database.php. it does not show it in status

shin@shin-Latitude-E5420:/var/www/myapp$ git status
# On branch master
# Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.
#
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#   modified:   modules/recaptcha/config/recaptcha.php
#   modified:   system/application/config/config.php
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

How can I fix this?

I am using git version 1.7.5.1 on Ubuntu 11.04

Answer 1

The files are already stored in your local commit tree. You’ll need to first remove them from the repository. This can be done via:

git rm --cached system/application/config/config.php modules/recaptcha/config/recaptcha.php

After that you’ll need to make one more commit and you’re good to go.