If you, just like me, accidentally added the .env file in your GitHub repository, and now tried everything but the .env file changes are still being pushed to your GitHub repository, you can use this tutorial and just remove your .env file being update and synced with your remote origin repository.
To exclude the .env file from being added to your Git repository, you can use the .gitignore file. Here’s how you can do it:
- Open your
.gitignorefile (or create one if it doesn’t exist) in the root directory of your project. - Add the following line to the
.gitignorefile:.env
This will tell Git to ignore the .env file and prevent it from being tracked or added to the repository.
If you have already added the .env file to your repository, you can remove it from the Git index while keeping it in your local file system with the following command:
git rm --cached .env
Code language: CSS (css)After running this command, commit the changes:
git commit -m "Remove .env file from tracking"
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)This will ensure that the .env file is no longer tracked by Git but remains in your local directory.
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