ERROR: bad DVC file name 'my_server\models\*.tar.gz.dvc' is git-ignored

Question

I just started with DVC. I have a git repo in which there are heavy models that i want to push to dvc. So I initialized the dvc by

dvc init

and then configured the bucket

dvc remote add -d storage s3://mybucket/dvcstore

Now there is /models folders, in which there was .gitkeep file and trained models. Following entry was in my .gitignore

*.tar.gz

I ran the following command

git rm -r --cached my_server\models

and added the following in the .gitignore

models

I want to add all the tar.gz files to push on dvc

so i tried

dvc add ./my_server/models/*.tar.gz

but this is showing

ERROR: bad DVC file name 'my_server\models\*.tar.gz.dvc' is git-ignored.

If I do dvc add ./my_server/models/

then this folder is added and a models.dvc file gets created. then git code shows for the changes.

what is the correct way, do i need to mention *.dvc to .gitignore as well?

Tags should be created [when there's a *very* good reason](https://stackoverflow.com/help/tagging). In this case, [dvc] gives you enough coverage. — Gert Arnold, Sep 21 '21 at 15:10

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '21 at 13:47

4

You can add

models/*
!models/*.dvc

to .gitignore to ignore other files in models/ except for .dvc files.

dvc add will automatically add the dvc tracked files to .gitignore

In most cases, you needn't to manage .gitignore you self.

answered Sep 20 '21 at 13:47

karajan1001

`dvc add` added .dvc file that git is showing in un tracked changes, .dvc files will be commited to git? – Sunil Garg Sep 21 '21 at 06:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '21 at 11:16

0

I added a git ignore for all file endings that aren't dvc (which were just 2 endings in my case).

So in your case I would create a .gitignore file in

./my_server/models/

with:

*.tar.gz

answered Oct 22 '21 at 11:16

Alon Samuel

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