How do you add .gitignore to staging when using git add --all

Question

When using git add --all, .gitignore does not get added to staging. So then I try to manually add .gitignore like this

$ git add .gitignore
The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
.gitignore
Use -f if you really want to add them.

So I have to use -f to force add .gitignore which is annoying

Well, you could choose to not gitignore the `.gitignore` file as an alternative... — Amber, Feb 23 '17 at 01:50

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '17 at 01:51

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Delete .gitignore entry from the .gitignore file.

answered Feb 23 '17 at 01:51

.gitignore isn't in the .gitignore. Just Pods/ for an iOS project – sdfsdf Feb 23 '17 at 03:01
@MichaelL `.gitignore` is in some `.gitignore` file. You can run `git check-ignore -v .gitignore` in order to see which `.gitignore` file ignores that `.gitignore` file. – Alderath Feb 23 '17 at 10:15

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