I was trying to hide my credentials before pushing the repository publicly, as I should. For that, I've used this resource, which worked perfectly on development mode. For short, I've assigned global variables inside a ".api_keys.rb" file, called them on the appropriate file (devise.rb on this case) and added it to .gitignore. Then I pushed it to GitHub. Later on, I needed to clone this one last commit. But then when I try running it, it responds with "cannot load such file -- /path/.api_keys.rb".

What am I missing? I can provide any more details if needed. Thank you.

CodePudding user response：

Adding a file to .gitignore means that the file is removed from the repository and only exists locally because the file is ignored by git completely.

Because it is not stored in your git repository anymore it is not available to remote servers or other developers when pulling the repository from GitHub.

To fix this your need to remove the file from .gitignore and push it again when it still exists on your machine or you need to recreate it.

Btw the way to store, for example, API keys securely in Rails is to use encrypted files. I suggested reading in the [Rails Guides about Environmental Security and Custom Credentials].(https://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/security.html#environmental-security)