Git doesn't ignore my ignored files...why? let me explain

I'm sure, you had issues at least one time with .gitignore file.

You have to keep in mind that if a file is already being tracked by Git, you'll need to remove it from chache. How?

git rm --cached filename

Simply adding a file to .gitignore will not stop git from keep track of it.

One last thing. Git doesn't track empty directories. You need to create an empty file inside the empty direcotry (with a simple touch filename)

Bye!