SourceTree Ignores my .gitignore file

[Brian]

I have a repository with a .gitignore file at the root of the repository. On the command line, git uses this file and correctly ignores the files I want ignored. SourceTree does not appear to pick up this file. When I go to commit in SourceTree, files that should be ignored are not ignored.

How can I get SourceTree to reconize the .gitignore file

[Eric Cosky]

Maybe this is why:

".gitignore will prevent untracked files from being added (without an add -f) to the set of files tracked by git, however git will continue to track any files that are already being tracked."

 From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1274057/making-git-forget-about-a-file-that-was-tracked-but-is-now-in-gitignore

[Adam LeMmon]

SourceTree uses its own gitignore file. SourceeTree -> Tools -> Options -> Git shows the git ignore file location it uses. You can edit the file from a button in that dialog.

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30907829/sourcetree-adding-files-in-global-gitignore-not-in-repository-gitignore

[Ed Conde]

This worked for me, thanks!

[francisco_caldeira]

"Global Ignore List" isn't good practice for those that have multiple projects

[David_Snelling]

Same issue here. Please fix.

[Dean]

Same here, cannot ignore.

No doubt SourceTree is an "attempt" to make GIT easier, whether it is successful depends on what day you ask me.

[NathanThomasWebDeveloper]

Same problem in 2019 that was there in 2013. Are you kidding me???? COME ON!!!!

[Amara Hajer]

hhh me too 

[starikcetin]

git bash status is correct.

sourcetree status is wrong.

[MitsuhashiDa]

Same here

[Thomas Berger]

Same here

[Deleted user]

I have the same problem when opening an existing git repository.
The gitignore file itself is ignored by Sourcetree (Version 1.6.11.0)

[Gabriel - Iulian Dumbrava]

I have the same issue. I have the .gitignore set in advanced settings at the "repository-specific ignore list" option, I have added the *.pyc to .gitignore, yet my pyc files are still listed in the working copy changes.

Thanks!

[Jason_Armistead]

On a laptop, I have seen issues where SourceTree's behavior seems to depend on whether:

1.  You are working online (where login and authentication use AD, and a login script runs).

OR

2. You're working "offline", i.e. not logging in and authenticating via the corporate Active Directory, and just using cached credentials, or logging on this way and *THEN* connecting via the corporate VPN) 

What appears to happen differently is that the user's "home" location gets changed (at least it did for me). Specifically, the Windows environment variables for HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH (which you can see from a CMD prompt by typing SET and scrolling back through what it outputs).

I have seen this manifest as me making a SourceTree settings change e.g. while at home working offline, then when I've gone to the office and suddenly it stopped working, and when I checked the SourceTree settings in the GUI, sure enough, the setting wasn't right. Eventually I figured out that %HOMEDRIVE% and/or %HOMEPATH% were being used when searching for these files.

This took me a while to finally figure out, and it might not be the specific cause of what you're seeing. But it is definitely something to look for and be aware of, especially if you are working in a corporate IT environment using a laptop.

This is also discussed in the SourceTree JIRA ticket

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREEWIN-3788

[Ryan Ault]

Also having the same problem where SourceTree is not recognizing my .gitignore file.

Please Update,

Thank You