File disappears when I unstage, why?

Asked Jun 25 '19 at 08:18

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I have a file that was deleted in a previous commit so I did the following:

git checkout e441c9b~1 <myfile>

Then the file was back in the staging area. Out of curiosity I did

git reset HEAD <myfile>

and the file disappeared, where I would have expected that the file would just stay in my repo untracked.

Actually if I go to the folder the file is there, but git status says nothing about it, I am confused. Any ideas what I am missing?

edited Jun 25 '19 at 08:21

mkrieger1

asked Jun 25 '19 at 08:18

dbrasco

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Is the file shown with `git status --ignored`? – mkrieger1 Jun 25 '19 at 08:22
@mkrieger1 yes it is shows as ignored but i don't understand why. – dbrasco Jun 25 '19 at 08:35
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Because it's in a `.gitignore` file somewhere. – mkrieger1 Jun 25 '19 at 08:36
See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466764/git-command-to-show-which-specific-files-are-ignored-by-gitignore – mkrieger1 Jun 25 '19 at 08:38
That was it, for some reason the files were added before the `.gitignore` was made. – dbrasco Jun 25 '19 at 09:00

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