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2017-05-23 20:26:32
Ok to answer my own question. To go back to using .gitignore, do the following:
- Go to Settings > Version Control > Ignored Files and remove all ignored files. Hit Apply.
- Still in Settings > Version Control change the type of version control from Git to none. Hit Apply.
- Delete the project's .git directory created previously.
- Create the following .gitignore file in the root directory of your project: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21049338/459095
- VCS > Enable Version Control... to Re-enable Git.
- Then right click on the project root and select Git > Add to add the entire project.
Doing the above will utilize the .gitignore file instead of Settings > Version Control > Ignored Files to commit the right files.
Project registered as a Git root, but no Git repositories were found there.
still my project does not look into the the .gitignore file; when clicking commit its considering even the files under build to commit
this ** up my project. make sure you backup before you try. The above answer from Tim Long solved my problem after I reverted to my backup.