[WEB] vscode ignores .gitignore

[showierdata9978]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No
No, as this is an issue with the git extension

• VS Code Version: github.dev
• OS Version: chrome

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a repo
2. add .gitignore with some random filename
3. open in github.dev
4. create the random file.
5. go to the git tab
6. vscode wants to commit the file in .gitignore

[vscodenpa]

This feature request is now a candidate for our backlog. The community has 60 days to upvote the issue. If it receives 20 upvotes we will move it to our backlog. If not, we will close it. To learn more about how we handle feature requests, please see our documentation.

Happy Coding!

[abchatra]

This bug is quite annoying for students who use MakeCode extension. It will show bunch of unnecessary files from MakeCode project to be committed to their github repo. See microsoft/vscode-makecode#23 for details. Greatly appreciate your help.

[showierdata9978]

This bug is quite annoying for students who use MakeCode extension. It will show bunch of unnecessary files from MakeCode project to be committed to their github repo. See microsoft/vscode-makecode#23 for details. Greatly appreciate your help.

Btw broken link

[vscodenpa]

🙂 This feature request received a sufficient number of community upvotes and we moved it to our backlog. To learn more about how we handle feature requests, please see our documentation.

Happy Coding!