NetBeans doesn't show git ignore files

Question

I can't see my project's .gitignore files within my netbeans program.

Is there a way to make them appear within the list of files? I could not find a way.

Answer 1

• Open the NetBeans Options

• Click on the 'Files' tab

• Under 'Ignored Files Pattern', the default is:

  ^(CVS|SCCS|vssver.?\.scc|#.*#|%.*%|_svn)$|~$|^\.(?!htaccess$).*$

• This means that, by default, NetBeans ignores all files beginning with '.' except for .htaccess

• You can update this regex to the following to also exclude .gitignore:

  ^(CVS|SCCS|vssver.?\.scc|#.*#|%.*%|_svn)$|~$|^\.(?!(htaccess|gitignore)$).*$

• Click OK, and NetBeans will immediately begin displaying your .gitignore files.