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If .DS_Store was never added to your git repository, simply add it to your .gitignore file.

If you don't have one, create a file called

.gitignore

In your the root directory of your app and simply write

**/.DS_Store

In it. This will never allow the .DS_Store file to sneak in your git.

if it's already there, write in your terminal:

find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch

then commit and push the changes to remove the .DS_Store from your remote repo:

git commit -m "Remove .DS_Store from everywhere"

git push origin master

And now add .DS_Store to your .gitignore file, and then again commit and push with the 2 last pieces of code (git commit..., git push...)

Other Solution

If .DS_Store already committed:

find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch

To ignore them in all repository: (sometimes it named ._.DS_Store)

echo ".DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "._.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "**/.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "**/._.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
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onns commented Apr 24, 2021

Thank you for the instruction and I wanna know if only **/.DS_Store is enough for the ignore files, as it says in gitignore documentation that A leading "**" followed by a slash means match in all directories.

@PASSIONCORNERS
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Thank you for the clear instruction, great help !

@SUCHITRAGIRI
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Helpful!!
Thank you so much:)

@maprangsoft
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it work for me thank you very much.

@JVBravoo
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It worked really well for me too, ty =)

@hflexgrig
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Oh, thanks a lot

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LFClaro commented Dec 3, 2021

Just what I was looking for! Thank you so much for this.

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nk-vo commented May 15, 2022

thanks for this!

@vivek1938932
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This helped me, thanks a lot🙌

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abrizah commented Jun 20, 2022

Thanks! Perfection!

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muhdavi commented Jul 10, 2022

thanks, helpful!!!

@hardikpthv
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Thanks!

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njpl3 commented Sep 7, 2022

Worked perfectly, thank you!

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thank you

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nivel10 commented Dec 4, 2022

Thank you. Sir...!!!!

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Thank you!

@MominAhmedShaikh
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Worked without a flaw! Thanks

@AleksandrosV
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Thank you!

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Thank you 👍🏻

@faizy-ahmed
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Thank you for the detailed help. It worked for me as soon as I ran the following command:

find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm -f --ignore-unmatch

@darko55555
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Thanks!

@lpkyrius
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Thanks, buddy!

@ManfredServoy
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Additionally, you might want to add these lines, to make sure your personal Xcode config is not proliferated:

User settings

xcuserdata/

Xcode 8 and earlier

*.xcscmblueprint
*.xccheckout

@ohmohmpr
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Thanks!

@Collins-kariuk
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It worked for me. Thank you!

@Agumerov
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Helped to me add files in gitignore

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ivyzbot commented Aug 21, 2023

Many thanks for the clear clarification!

@muhtorres
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Thanks for providing the step-by-step!

@diegofcornejo
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Works great, thanks!

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opsquid commented Sep 10, 2023

Thank you! It saves my day.

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