How can I remove those annoying Mac OS X .DS_Store files from a Git repository?
A:
This will work:
find . -name *.DS_Store -type f -exec git-rm {} \;
John Topley
2008-09-20 09:16:14
The asterisk should not be in there.
Aristotle Pagaltzis
2008-09-20 17:01:18
+5
A:
delete them using git-rm, and then add .DS_Store to .gitignore to stop them getting added again. You can also use blueharvest to stop them getting created all together
Nathan Reed
2008-09-20 09:20:24
+17
A:
Remove existing files from the repository:
find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git-rm
Add the line
.DS_Store
to the file .gitignore, which can be found at the top level of your repository (or created if it isn't there already). Then
git add .gitignore
git commit -m ".DS_Store banished!"
benzado
2008-09-20 11:18:06
You could also use the exec option to findfind . -name .DS_Store -exec git-rm {} \;It would be one less command.
Milhous
2008-09-21 01:54:50
It's really trivial, but using `-exec` will launch `git-rm` once for every .DS_Store file, while `xargs` will put all the paths on one command line. Mostly I prefer `xargs` because I don't have to worry about escaping a lot of special characters.
benzado
2008-09-21 07:13:22
This should use .git/info/exclude, not .gitignore. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1753070/git-ignore-files-only-locally/1753078#1753078 for an explanation of the difference between the two.
Andrew Grimm
2009-12-30 05:35:47
@Andrew: I don't agree. It would never be useful for a .DS_Store file to be checked in, so it makes more sense as a repository-wide, all-users setting, rather than something each Mac user needs to remember to set on her own machine.
benzado
2009-12-30 19:27:58
+9
A:
In some situations you may also want to ignore some files globally. For me, .DS_Store is one of them. Here's how:
git config --global core.excludesfile = /Users/mat/.gitignore
(Or any file of your choice)
Then edit the file just like a repo's .gitignore. Note that I think you have to use an absolute path.
webmat
2008-09-20 13:08:57
A:
I found that the following line from snipplr does best on wiping all .DS_Store, including one that has local modifications.
find . -depth -name '.DS_Store' -exec git-rm --cached '{}' \; -print
--cached option, keeps your local .DS_Store since it gonna be reproduced anyway.
And just like mentioned all above, add .DS_Store to .gitignore file on the root of your project. Then it will be no longer in your sight (of repos).
manat
2009-07-21 19:17:07
A:
I had to change git-rm to git rm in the above to get it to work:
find . -depth -name '.DS_Store' -exec git rm --cached '{}' \; -print
David Kahn
2010-07-20 14:05:48