"The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files" when in a subdirectory of of a folder that has a git repo with ignore of all but one file

[jcollum]

[Description of issue here]

Steps to reproduce:

1. create git repo in root folder
2. gitignore of that repo:

*
!.bash_profile

1. create folder called projects/abc
2. create git ignore in that folder
3. add some code in a folder like ~/projects/abc/etc/initialize.js
4. attempt to add and commit with git plus

Result: error message in title of this post.

Expected: it should add and commit the file since git will do that without -f:

$ gs
On branch f/login
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/f/login'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

	new file:   etc/initializeDb.js

[akonwi]

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to accomplish. You have made your home directory a git repo and ignored everything but .bash_profile.

According to the steps you've laid out, that error is valid if the /projects/abc is not a git repository. If it is a git repo, then opening it in atom as the root of the project should work fine because atom will understand it as a git repository with it's own .gitignore

[jcollum]

that error is valid if the /projects/abc is not a git repository

It is.

opening it in atom as the root of the project should work fine because atom will understand it as a git repository with it's own .gitignore

Sure doesn't seem to be.