Why is .gitignore not including a file prefixed by a !
git, gitignore, include
Solution
As mentioned in the `gitignore` man page:
A `gitignore` file specifies intentionally untracked files that git should ignore
If `glucosia.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj` (as suggested by Alan in the comments) is already tracked, you need to remove it from the cache, and then the gitingore directive will take effect.
git rm --cached glucosia.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
If the file was already committed, see this SO answer (`git commit --amend` to remove it from the latest commit)
Problem
My .gitignore file reads as follows: ``` build/ glucosia.xcodeproj/ !glucosia.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj core-plot/framework/build core-plot/framework/CorePlot-CocoaTouch.xcodeproj/ !core-plot/framework/CorePlot-CocoaTouch.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj .DS_Store Classes/.DS_Store ``` Strangely, `glucosia.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj` is not ignored, as I would expect. But, `core-plot/framework/CorePlot-CocoaTouch.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj` is still being ignored. Any ideas? Thanks!