JS Filename shows Red Follow
After renaming a .js file, now it's showing up red in Webstorm. I verified that there is no squiggly line under that red filename which would indicate some JS errors so why is it still red? I renamed the file, does that have anything to do with it? This file is not used anywhere else, it's just a test file. Why is it still red!!??
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Hi there,
I see no red files here (I mean -- proper red). Unless, of course, you call those pinky-orange color in file names as "red".
If that's so (you talking about file names colors) .. then that's your VCS status (Settings | Editor | Colors & Fonts | File Status). Right now it could be "Unknown" or one of the "Merged with conflicts" statuses.
so is it because I have a .gitignore file? I don't get it. I'm not using source control through the webstorm IDE. This is Node.js.
Does it have anything to do with the Local History option when you right click a file to see its changes? But that's based on what, I'm not using source control so does Webstorm have its own built-in history mechanism and maybe when I renamed those 2 files that are 'pink' now, it broke the history so not that file is in conflict? I noticed after I renamd, the history started over from scratch too.
Hmm when I go to Version Control | Git it's set to the path /usr/local/bin/git but I never set this..maybe it is a default by webstorm because that's standard for most people and it's picking up changes. I commit to git via terminal, I dno't rely on webstorm to commit it.
thanks resolved, it is hooked into my git settings.
I had to do a git add [filename] because when I renamed it, webstorm did not perform that for me
Then I did a git commit --dry-run -a and it showed the new addition of the file and then the file in webstorm went green again, no more pink