gitignore just doesn't work. I can't get it to ignore .DS_Store & .gitignore files

Question

I have .gitignored .DS_Store and .gitignore files. But still see them in the \"git status\".

Can someone explain to me how I can m

Answer 1

I faced the same problem. None of the .gitignore lines were in effect.

I converted the file encoding into UTF-8 and it worked instantly.