This is still listed as an experimental feature. We use some some help fixing it.
On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 16:24:17 UTC-6, dhmorgan wrote: > > I don't know if this is a bug or not: > > I added an application to my site using the admin console's 'upload from > git repository' function. The repository I added was one I had previously > created and pushed to Github. Its ".gitignore" file prevents the usual > files and directories from being uploaded (*.pyc, sessions/*, cron/*, etc). > > After making changes to the application, I pushed it back to the Github > repository from within admin, but it added all of the items that should be > ignored. This also happens when using git directly from the command line in > the web2py-installed application. It does not happen, however, when I push > from my original local repository to Github, even though the .gitignore > files and permissions are exactly the same. > > I should add that I experienced the problem earlier and started to post > this comment, but in trying to replicate it (upload from repository; a > quick edit; push to repository), it initially worked. I don't know what > might have happened in the meantime -- I haven't done anything git-related, > just editing controllers and views. > > I'm using 2.2.1 > > --
