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Rogelio Sanchez
Asked: 2020-10-27 07:11:45 +0800 CST 2020-10-27 07:11:45 +0800 CST

.gitignore does not work correctly when versioning an Android project

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I still can't get a .gitignore file that can help my code versioned in git for an Android project, if I modify a class or something very simple, changes are made to unnecessary files such as tests. enter image description here

I am attaching my .gitignore as well.

*.iml
.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
/build
/captures

# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/

# Gradle files
.gradle/
build/

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/

# Log Files
*.log

# Android Studio Navigation editor temp files
.navigation/

# Android Studio captures folder
captures/

# Intellij
*.iml
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/gradle.xml
.idea/dictionaries
.idea/libraries

# Keystore files
*.jks

# External native build folder generated in Android Studio 2.2 and later
.externalNativeBuild

# Google Services (e.g. APIs or Firebase)
google-services.json

# Freeline
freeline.py
freeline/
freeline_project_description.json

Thanks.

android

3 Answers

  1. Just because you add the .gitignore file to the directory doesn't mean it's going to ignore it like that. You have to run the following commands so that gitignore recognizes the files that should not be tracked. Remember to commit the files you currently have or else you will lose the changes to those files

    git rm -r --cached .
git add .
git commit -m "Reparados archivos no trackeados"
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  2. Best Answer

    Check the documentation , where it specifies:

    A file gitignoreintentionally specifies untracked files that git should ignore. Note that all gitignore files really only refer to files that haven't been tracked by git yet.

    Therefore, what is defined inside .gitignoreapplies for untracked files, in your case the files I see mainly are the ones inside directories /buildalready marked for tracking.

    To take the changes made in the .gitignore do the following:

    Commit pending changes and remove modified files from the index:

    git rm --cached -r .

    save changes:

    git add .

    and perform a commit:

    git commit -m ".gitignore funcionando!"

    Reviewing your file .gitignore, I can suggest some changes:

    • *.imlchange **/*.imlto to search all directories for files with an .iml extension

    • .gradleby .gradle/correctly specifies a directory.

    • If you specify /build, you don't have to specify the files *.dexand *.class, since they are inside this directory, the same for the bin/ gen/(in android es /generated) and out/(in android es /outputs) directories, you don't need to specify them.

    Documentation https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

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  3. Your problem seems to be that the sample-core/build/ folder is being versioned

    To fix this, in addition to the file .gitnoreyou have in the root of your project, you should add an .gitignoreadditional file inside your sample-core folder . The file should have the following content:

    /build

    As an additional fact, when you create a new project with Android Studio, the IDE automatically generates these two files .gitignore: one in the root of the project and another inside the module. Here more information about the project structure in Android.

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