git - gitignore - fatal: no files added

Question

I have an issue with git, more precisely with gitignore.

I have created an empty folder Initialized git

mkdir fold
cd fold
git init

Updated gitignore (as below)

 *.prjx

Committed gitignore

git add .gitignore
git commit -m "update gitignore"

Now I have several files (among them a .prjx) and folders in my root (fold) and I'd like to add all of them, but when I run

git add *

I get the message below

The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
ftc.prjx
Use -f if you really want to add them.
fatal: no files added

I don't want to add it, I simply want add all the other files and folders. From my understanding .gitignore should handle exactly that so why I get the message above? Am I missing something?

Answer 1

you should run git add . rather than git add *

the * is interpreted by the shell and substituted with all file and folder in the current location. obviously ftc.prjx is one of them and git is just warning that the file is in the ignorelist.