VS2017 not using the .gitignore file?

Question

I have been using git in VS2015 for over a year.  When I started doing UWP development in VS2015 and now in VS2017 I notice that Visual Studio wants me to check in all kinds of ../bin/.. and ../obj/.. files that are created and updated by every re-run of my unit tests, every recompile, etc..  These folders are in my .gitignore file which command-line git sees and respects (as long as the files haven't already been checked-in).  

Is VS2017 ignoring the .gitignore file; specifically when UWP files are being worked with (I have only done UWP work in VS2017)? 

Is there some setting I missed in VS2017 that causes the editor to read or better yet create an appropriate .gitignore file?  

How do others avoid noisy check-in requests when working with VS2017+git+UWP?

Answer 1

Hi,

Welcome to MSDN forum.

If you already have a file checked in, and you want to ignore it, Git will not ignore the file if you add a rule later. In those cases, you must untrack the file first, by running the following command in your terminal:

git rm --cached FILENAME

Best regards,

Joyce

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