How to ignore IDE settings on Git?
eclipse, git
Solution
If those elements were already committed, you need to remove them first:
git rm --cached .project
git rm --cached .classpath
git rm --cached -r .settings
The `--cached` option allows them to stay in the working tree, while being recorded for deletion. Once deleted, they will be ignored.
Once committed, the next changes will be ignored.
A simple `.gitignore` in `myproject/` folder is enough:
.project
.classpath
.settings/
Note the `/` for `.setting` folder: that will ignore everything in it.
Problem
I have below Git information and I would like to ignore settings of my IDE (Eclipse). ``` modified: myproject/.classpath modified: myproject/.project modified: myproject/.settings/com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.prefs modified: myproject/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs modified: myproject/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs modified: myproject/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component modified: myproject/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml modified: myproject/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs ``` I tried the below statements in my `.gitignore` file, but it doesn't work for these settings: ``` .project .classpath .settings *.project *.classpath *.settings /.project /.classpath /.settings .project/ .classpath/ .settings/ *.project/ *.classpath/ *.settings/ ``` I am using Mac OS X and I also added global gitignore file with these settings `git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore'`, but I'm still getting the above Git update messages when I check with `git status`. What am I wrong?