I did not have this problem until Eclipse Luna (I updated from Kepler just a few days ago). Although I added to .recommenders to .gitignore, it continues to track it.
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: .recommenders/caches/identified-project-coordinates.json
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.fdt
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.fdx
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.fnm
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.frq
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.nrm
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.prx
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.tii
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_3.tis
modified: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/segments.gen
deleted: .recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/segments_4
modified: .recommenders/repository/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/org/ecli
.properties
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.fdt
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.fdx
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.fnm
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.frq
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.nrm
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.prx
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.tii
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/_5.tis
.recommenders/index/http___download_eclipse_org_recommenders_models_luna_/segments_6
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
Here is my .gitignore file:
*target*
*.jar
*.war
*.ear
*.class
# eclipse specific git ignore
*.pydevproject
.project
.metadata
bin/**
tmp/**
tmp/**/*
*.tmp
*.bak
*.swp
*~.nib
local.properties
.classpath
.settings/
.loadpath
.recommenders/
# External tool builders
.externalToolBuilders/
# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
*.launch
If I do git rm -rf --cached, it deletes it, but soon starts tracking again - as soon as my colleague makes changes to his files and clicks it on Bitbucket, and I pull
How should I constantly fix this problem?
Also, when I just did "git rm -r --cached.recommenders", it deleted a whole bunch of cached files, but the top level directory remains.
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
.recommenders/
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
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