Gitignore won't ignore .vs folder for Visual Studio 2015 RC on Windows7/8
Follow the steps below, the issue will be solved.
Step 1: Add following content to the file .gitignore.
## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.# User-specific files*.suo*.user*.userosscache*.sln.docstates# User-specific files (MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio)*.userprefs# Build results[Dd]ebug/[Dd]ebugPublic/[Rr]elease/[Rr]eleases/x64/x86/bld/[Bb]in/[Oo]bj/[Ll]og/# Visual Studio 2015 cache/options directory.vs/# Uncomment if you have tasks that create the project's static files in wwwroot#wwwroot/# MSTest test Results[Tt]est[Rr]esult*/[Bb]uild[Ll]og.*# NUNIT*.VisualState.xmlTestResult.xml# Build Results of an ATL Project[Dd]ebugPS/[Rr]eleasePS/dlldata.c# DNXproject.lock.jsonartifacts/*_i.c*_p.c*_i.h*.ilk*.meta*.obj*.pch*.pdb*.pgc*.pgd*.rsp*.sbr*.tlb*.tli*.tlh*.tmp*.tmp_proj*.log*.vspscc*.vssscc.builds*.pidb*.svclog*.scc# Chutzpah Test files_Chutzpah*# Visual C++ cache filesipch/*.aps*.ncb*.opendb*.opensdf*.sdf*.cachefile# Visual Studio profiler*.psess*.vsp*.vspx*.sap# TFS 2012 Local Workspace$tf/# Guidance Automation Toolkit*.gpState# ReSharper is a .NET coding add-in_ReSharper*/*.[Rr]e[Ss]harper*.DotSettings.user# JustCode is a .NET coding add-in.JustCode# TeamCity is a build add-in_TeamCity*# DotCover is a Code Coverage Tool*.dotCover# NCrunch_NCrunch_*.*crunch*.local.xmlnCrunchTemp_*# MightyMoose*.mm.*AutoTest.Net/# Web workbench (sass).sass-cache/# Installshield output folder[Ee]xpress/# DocProject is a documentation generator add-inDocProject/buildhelp/DocProject/Help/*.HxTDocProject/Help/*.HxCDocProject/Help/*.hhcDocProject/Help/*.hhkDocProject/Help/*.hhpDocProject/Help/Html2DocProject/Help/html# Click-Once directorypublish/# Publish Web Output*.[Pp]ublish.xml*.azurePubxml# TODO: Comment the next line if you want to checkin your web deploy settings # but database connection strings (with potential passwords) will be unencrypted*.pubxml*.publishproj# NuGet Packages*.nupkg# The packages folder can be ignored because of Package Restore**/packages/*# except build/, which is used as an MSBuild target.!**/packages/build/# Uncomment if necessary however generally it will be regenerated when needed#!**/packages/repositories.config# NuGet v3's project.json files produces more ignoreable files*.nuget.props*.nuget.targets# Microsoft Azure Build Outputcsx/*.build.csdef# Microsoft Azure Emulatorecf/rcf/# Windows Store app package directories and filesAppPackages/BundleArtifacts/Package.StoreAssociation.xml_pkginfo.txt# Visual Studio cache files# files ending in .cache can be ignored*.[Cc]ache# but keep track of directories ending in .cache!*.[Cc]ache/# OthersClientBin/~$**~*.dbmdl*.dbproj.schemaview*.pfx*.publishsettingsnode_modules/orleans.codegen.cs# Since there are multiple workflows, uncomment next line to ignore bower_components # (https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/1529#issuecomment-104372622)#bower_components/# RIA/Silverlight projectsGenerated_Code/# Backup & report files from converting an old project file# to a newer Visual Studio version. Backup files are not needed,# because we have git ;-)_UpgradeReport_Files/Backup*/UpgradeLog*.XMLUpgradeLog*.htm# SQL Server files*.mdf*.ldf# Business Intelligence projects*.rdl.data*.bim.layout*.bim_*.settings# Microsoft FakesFakesAssemblies/# GhostDoc plugin setting file*.GhostDoc.xml# Node.js Tools for Visual Studio.ntvs_analysis.dat# Visual Studio 6 build log*.plg# Visual Studio 6 workspace options file*.opt# Visual Studio LightSwitch build output**/*.HTMLClient/GeneratedArtifacts**/*.DesktopClient/GeneratedArtifacts**/*.DesktopClient/ModelManifest.xml**/*.Server/GeneratedArtifacts**/*.Server/ModelManifest.xml_Pvt_Extensions# Paket dependency manager.paket/paket.exepaket-files/# FAKE - F# Make.fake/# JetBrains Rider.idea/*.sln.imlStep 2: Make sure above operation take effect
If the issue still exists, that's because settings in .gitignore can only ignore files that were originally not tracked. If some files have already been included in the version control system, then modifying .gitignore is invalid.To solve this issue completely, you need to open Git Bash running following commands in the repository root folder.
$ git rm -r --cached .$ git add .$ git commit -m 'Update .gitignore'Certainly, you can also use Package Manager Console of Visual Studio to do the things in Step 2.
Then the issue will be completely solved.
If they are showing up in a git diff, then the files are already being tracked, whereas .gitignore only affects files that are untracked. You will need to remove the files from source control with git rm --cached, and then .gitignore will affect them.
Note that when you do this, other developers will have their files deleted locally when they do their next git pull. So before doing so, they may want to make a backup of those files.
In our case, the .vs directory had been added to source control when I initialized the repository. Thus, the line in .gitignore:
/.vsdidn't do anything until I deleted the directory and checked in the changes (similar to what TPoschel is saying above, but with the difference that checking in the deleted directory is what fixed it, as I had already checked in the .gitignore file).