.gitignore not ignoring .idea path

Question

What am I missing that needs to be done in order to get git to ignore my .idea/ path?

ctote@ubuntu:~/dev/1$ git status
On branch master         


        

Answer 1

If, after following steps from other answers, you still find that your instance of git running in bash or powershell just keeps on tracking the .idea/ folder, then try this!

I discovered that Jet Brains IDE's have their own .gitignore, and run their own instance of git that will override your .gitignore settings!

What I did to fix this was to navigate to /.idea/.gitignore, and change its contents to:

/**

so as to ignore everything in the folder.

The image below shows how you can navigate to the .gitignore file from within your Jetbrains IDE.