If I edit new_file.txt with emacs, there will be temporary files like #new_file.txt# and .#new_file.txt when the files are unsaved, and new_file.txt~ when saved.
I want to exclude these files. So I write my .gitignore like this:
#This is a comment line
*~
[#]*[#]
.\#*
And this works perfectly. But later I add some comment lines to it:
#This is a comment line
*~
[#]*[#] # this is a comment
.\#* # this is another comment
After a git status, I see both #new_file.txt# and .#new_file.txt are listed as the untracked files.
I think .gitignore may get confused at the # character as the beginning of the comment line. So I remove those two comment lines. However, after another git status, I still see #new_file.txt# and .#new_file.txt listed as the untracked files.
I do :
git rm -r --cached .
as suggested in ".gitignore not working", but it doesn't help.
Could someone please tell me what happened, and how to make .gitignore work as I wish? Thank you very much!