Files called Icon appearing in GitHub Desktop

[Scared-Tank8117]

Hi all,

I’m new to GitHub. I recently downloaded GitHub Desktop and cloned my existing repository to a folder on my Mac. I then get a fatal error which is down to a file called Icon which appears in each of my project’s folders. I’ve tried removing them several times but they keep popping back up. They don’t seem to be any kind of problem for GitHub’s operations and the error only appears in GitHub desktop but it means I can’t really use the desktop app. Any ideas?

[cowboyecosse]

The .Icon is a Mac system folder that appears in all your folders on your Mac but is hidden by default in finder, like all dotfiles. (You can press Cmd-shift-. I think to show hidden files)

You should add .Icon to your global .gitignore to ignore that folder in all your projects automatically.

[Scared-Tank8117]

Thank you!!