How to add a gitignore folder to github actions? - django

Question

I have a Django Project and created a dev branch. In my .gitignore file I have the "media" folder. My project looks like this:
- Django Project/
- app1/
- app2/
- media/
- profile_pics/
- default.jpg
- .gitignore
In my gitignore I added media.
I've been trying to add github actions, so I created this ci.yml
name: Testing
on: push
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
max-parallel: 4
matrix:
python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v2
- name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
uses: actions/setup-python#v2
with:
python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
- name: Install Dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
- name: Run Tests
run: |
python manage.py test
When I push the repo I received this message from Github Actions:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '****/media/default.jpg'
What is the best way to deal with this?
I could use git add media -f but I do not know if then this file would be in my repo and when I merge it with main and deploy it I would have that folder and overwrites the media in deployment.

Answer 1

Remove your media directory from .gitignore so that it is tracked by Git. It sounds like you need that directory for your project to successfully build.
If you're concerned about large artifacts, then see also git lfs (large file storage) supported by GitHub. Either way, you need to fix your .gitignore.