git still shows files as untracked despite .gitignore and rm -r --cached. What did I do wrong?

Question

I\'m not sure what I\'m doing wrong in this case with my .gitignore file, but these files keep showing up.

Background

I\'m using Jekyll to build a blog. Jekyll

Answer 1

Your .gitignore file is currently detected as UTF-16LE encoded. Changing encoding to UTF-8 is the solution.

To fix:

• Open the .gitignore file in a text editor such as Notepad++
• Change the encoding (in np++, this is via the Encoding menu) to UTF-8 without BOM
• Save the file.
• Add the .gitignore file into staging
• git commit -m "fixed ignore file"

At this point, the ignore file should start working correctly.