GitExtensions ignoring .gitignore

Question

I am trying to use git as my VCS for a small project. (Using 2 PCs, both windows)

As I don't like bash I am using gitExtensions, but somehow my .gitignore seems to get ignored by it. This is what my .gitignore looks like:

nbproject/private/
build/
nbbuild/
dist/
nbdist/
nbactions.xml
nb-configuration.xml
build.xml

Now, my folder-structure looks somewhat like this:

E:.
├───lib
│   └───<libary stuff>
└───trunk
    ├───build
    │   ├───empty
    │   ├───generated-sources
    │   └───web
    ├───dist
    ├───nbproject
    │   └───private
    ├───src
    │   ├───conf
    │   └───java
    └───web

Unfortunately it still includes the whole build folder, and every time I build it i get various new edited files in e.g. the build/generated-sources/ or the dist/, or build/web/

I'm quite new to using .gitignore, so please bear with my low knowledge about it.

Thanks and I appreciate the help.

Solution

The files that you're trying to ignore may already be under version control. If that's the case, you need to remove them from version control, then make a commit. After that, what's listed in .gitignore should be properly ignored.

To figure out how to remove files in Git Extensions (v2.48), have a look at the online documentation. Besides, KindDragon mentions, in his comment, a feature recently added, called "Show ignored files", which you might find useful.

Comments

[KindDragon]

Latest manual available here git-extensions-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/release-2.48‌​/… . New GitExtensions support "show ignored files" in Commit window.