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I'm facing a situation which should not have happened had I did it correctly at first place.

Anyway , I've created a master branch which contains a root commit.

Then I've created many branches that were created from that master master branch.

So each branch in here ^ was created by :

• checkout master
  


• create a branch

All folders are in the same root folder(file system).

But now I see that I've forgotten the .gitignore file.

I've added it to the master branch.

But apparently it only holds to the master branch. If I checkout another branch , I still see the -should-be-ignored files.

But apparently it doesn't work since the checkout branch doesn't have the .gitignore file

Which makes me walk through manually at every branch and add the .gitignore file.

Question

Since all branches were created from master , Is there any way to add the .gitignore file to the master branch and cause the other branches to "re-inherit" master's files again ?

(so that every branch will have the .gitignore files , as if it was there at first place ?

git

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asked Mar 25 at 6:58

Royi NamirRoyi Namir

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  .gitignore logic is not dependent on branches, but on the repo config itself. Branches should share this setting... have you tested the same file from different branches with git check-ignore -v <path>? (Also be sure to execute both parts of the test from the same directory, not to introduce other differences.)
  
  – RomainValeri
  Mar 25 at 8:26
  

  
  
  
  


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  @RomainValeri How should it suppose to work ? There was no gitignore file at the beginning. Then I've created many branches. and on each branch i've created projects. many of the files were unnecessary to be added to the git. so i've added a gitignore file , and then i commited it to the master branch. but when I've swapped to another branch , that gitignore isn't exists , and then I saw many unnecessary files.
  
  – Royi Namir
  Mar 25 at 8:54
  

  
  
  
  

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I'm facing a situation which should not have happened had I did it correctly at first place.

Anyway , I've created a master branch which contains a root commit.

Then I've created many branches that were created from that master master branch.

So each branch in here ^ was created by :

• checkout master
  


• create a branch

All folders are in the same root folder(file system).

But now I see that I've forgotten the .gitignore file.

I've added it to the master branch.

But apparently it only holds to the master branch. If I checkout another branch , I still see the -should-be-ignored files.

But apparently it doesn't work since the checkout branch doesn't have the .gitignore file

Which makes me walk through manually at every branch and add the .gitignore file.

Question

Since all branches were created from master , Is there any way to add the .gitignore file to the master branch and cause the other branches to "re-inherit" master's files again ?

(so that every branch will have the .gitignore files , as if it was there at first place ?

git

share|improve this question

asked Mar 25 at 6:58

Royi NamirRoyi Namir

78.2k104343613

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  .gitignore logic is not dependent on branches, but on the repo config itself. Branches should share this setting... have you tested the same file from different branches with git check-ignore -v <path>? (Also be sure to execute both parts of the test from the same directory, not to introduce other differences.)
  
  – RomainValeri
  Mar 25 at 8:26
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @RomainValeri How should it suppose to work ? There was no gitignore file at the beginning. Then I've created many branches. and on each branch i've created projects. many of the files were unnecessary to be added to the git. so i've added a gitignore file , and then i commited it to the master branch. but when I've swapped to another branch , that gitignore isn't exists , and then I saw many unnecessary files.
  
  – Royi Namir
  Mar 25 at 8:54
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I'm facing a situation which should not have happened had I did it correctly at first place.

Anyway , I've created a master branch which contains a root commit.

Then I've created many branches that were created from that master master branch.

So each branch in here ^ was created by :

• checkout master
  


• create a branch

All folders are in the same root folder(file system).

But now I see that I've forgotten the .gitignore file.

I've added it to the master branch.

But apparently it only holds to the master branch. If I checkout another branch , I still see the -should-be-ignored files.

But apparently it doesn't work since the checkout branch doesn't have the .gitignore file

Which makes me walk through manually at every branch and add the .gitignore file.

Question

Since all branches were created from master , Is there any way to add the .gitignore file to the master branch and cause the other branches to "re-inherit" master's files again ?

(so that every branch will have the .gitignore files , as if it was there at first place ?

git

share|improve this question

asked Mar 25 at 6:58

Royi NamirRoyi Namir

78.2k104343613

share|improve this question

asked Mar 25 at 6:58

Royi NamirRoyi Namir

78.2k104343613

share|improve this question

asked Mar 25 at 6:58

Royi NamirRoyi Namir

78.2k104343613

asked Mar 25 at 6:58

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asked Mar 25 at 6:58

Royi NamirRoyi Namir

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Ok this is clearer now from your comment.

There was no gitignore file at the beginning. Then I've created many branches. and on each branch i've created projects. many of the files were unnecessary to be added to the git. so i've added a gitignore file , and then i commited it to the master branch. but when I've swapped to another branch , that gitignore isn't exists , and then I saw many unnecessary files.

Your .gitignore isn't taken into account on your branches, because you created it on master and did not merge this addition in the branches themselves. So when you switch to another branch, you don't have a .gitignore any more.

Either merge master into your branches (I guess it won't be very convenient in some cases) or just cherry-pick the relevant commit everywhere, but you effectively need your branches to have the .gitignore present to be active.

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Ok this is clearer now from your comment.

There was no gitignore file at the beginning. Then I've created many branches. and on each branch i've created projects. many of the files were unnecessary to be added to the git. so i've added a gitignore file , and then i commited it to the master branch. but when I've swapped to another branch , that gitignore isn't exists , and then I saw many unnecessary files.

Your .gitignore isn't taken into account on your branches, because you created it on master and did not merge this addition in the branches themselves. So when you switch to another branch, you don't have a .gitignore any more.

Either merge master into your branches (I guess it won't be very convenient in some cases) or just cherry-pick the relevant commit everywhere, but you effectively need your branches to have the .gitignore present to be active.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 25 at 9:00

RomainValeriRomainValeri

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1

Ok this is clearer now from your comment.

There was no gitignore file at the beginning. Then I've created many branches. and on each branch i've created projects. many of the files were unnecessary to be added to the git. so i've added a gitignore file , and then i commited it to the master branch. but when I've swapped to another branch , that gitignore isn't exists , and then I saw many unnecessary files.

Your .gitignore isn't taken into account on your branches, because you created it on master and did not merge this addition in the branches themselves. So when you switch to another branch, you don't have a .gitignore any more.

Either merge master into your branches (I guess it won't be very convenient in some cases) or just cherry-pick the relevant commit everywhere, but you effectively need your branches to have the .gitignore present to be active.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 25 at 9:00

RomainValeriRomainValeri

7,17321435

add a comment | 

Ok this is clearer now from your comment.

There was no gitignore file at the beginning. Then I've created many branches. and on each branch i've created projects. many of the files were unnecessary to be added to the git. so i've added a gitignore file , and then i commited it to the master branch. but when I've swapped to another branch , that gitignore isn't exists , and then I saw many unnecessary files.

Your .gitignore isn't taken into account on your branches, because you created it on master and did not merge this addition in the branches themselves. So when you switch to another branch, you don't have a .gitignore any more.

Either merge master into your branches (I guess it won't be very convenient in some cases) or just cherry-pick the relevant commit everywhere, but you effectively need your branches to have the .gitignore present to be active.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 25 at 9:00

RomainValeriRomainValeri

7,17321435

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 25 at 9:00

RomainValeriRomainValeri

7,17321435

answered Mar 25 at 9:00

RomainValeriRomainValeri

7,17321435

answered Mar 25 at 9:00

RomainValeriRomainValeri

7,17321435