Alexander Zeitler

How to stop JetBrains Rider asking to add files to Git version control

Published on Friday, April 7, 2023

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Stop adding my files to git, please

Whenever I've created a new project in Rider and added some files to the project, Rider was asking to add these file to Git / Version control:

Ticking "Don't ask again" only helps for this project, but of course there must be a global setting.

Indeed, a setting can be found in File | Settings | Version Control | Confirmation:

So let's create a new project and add a file, to see if this works...

Well, that didn't work... because there's another setting in File | New Projects Setup | Settings for New Projects... (you can also use actions modal) which looks absolutely the same but it is for new projects:

If you change "When files are created" to "Do not add", you won't be asked again, I'll promise 🤞️.

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