git ignore .env files not working
<p>I have a laravel project. In the root directory are these 4 files:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>.env .env.example .env.local .env.staging</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I have a .gitignore file, and I'm listing these 4 files in the .gitignore, one after another, like this</p>

<pre><code>.env
.env.example
.env.local
.env.staging
</code></pre>

<p>My git repository does not contain .env or .env.example, but it DOES contain .env.local and .env.staging. 
I've tried everything I can think of, but it keeps syncing these 2 files with Gitlab.</p>

<p>Any ideas what could be causing this?</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>