.env is not being ignored by this .gitignore file.

Command line tool "Gemini cli" uses .env text files to store API keys.

I am trying to make git version 2.43.0.windows.1 ignore these .env files.

However for some reason it refuses to do so. (Any idea why ?)

Here is the .gitignore file:

# Modern Delphi 12.3 .gitignore # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Delphi / C++Builder Compiled Output & Binaries #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *.exe *.dll *.so *.a *.lib *.bpl *.dcp *.dcu *.obj *.o *.res # Compiled resource files

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # IDE Generated, User-Specific & Intermediate Files #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *.~* *.bak *.old *.tmp # General temporary files *.temp # General temporary files *.local *.dsk *.cfg *.map *.tds *.drc *.rsm *.log *.pch *.ipch *.stat *.identcache *.dproj.local *.dproj.user *.groupproj.local *.groupproj.user *.bkm # Delphi IDE bookmarks *.tvsconfig # TestInsight configuration files *.history # Files with .history extension

# Legacy project files *.dof *.kof

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # IDE History, Recovery & Autosave #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **/__history/ **/__recovery/ *.autosave

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Output Directories (using **/ to match at any depth) #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **/Win32/ **/Win64/ **/Debug/ **/Release/

# Cross-platform output folders **/Linux64/ **/OSX64/ **/OSXARM64/ **/Android/ **/Android64/ **/iOSDevice32/ **/iOSDevice64/ **/iOSSimulator/

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Common Temporary / Local / Sensitive Files (General) #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *.zip # General compressed archives (often backups or downloads) *.env # Environment variable files (CRITICAL for sensitive data)