Visual Studio - Github integration issues.

Unable to exclude Virtual Environments from GitHub synchronization/version control.

One is supposed to exclude the Virtual Environments from virtual control because virtual environment can be re-created using the requirements.txt file. However, when a new project/solution/virtual environment is created, Visual Studio can show any of the following behaviors:

1. It may show all uncommitted files/folders in the project/solution in Git Changes window, but when you right-click the virtual environment window, it may not show the "Exclude these local files" option.
2. It may not show the virtual environment folder in the Git Changes window, while showing other files & folders which are yet to be committed.
3. It may not show any files/folders in the Git Changes window, even when there exist uncommitted files/folders.

Now, what I did last time (on 6th June 2022 when I first created the AirportDecisionSupportSystem solution) was:

1. Go to the .gitignore file and append to it the relative path of the virtual environment folder (/env).
2. Following the leads in this article, I opened a Terminal window (Developer Powershell) in Visual Studio and ran the command git reset . (without any special admin privileges).

Now, when I opened the Git Changes window in Visual Studio, it gave showed all uncommitted files and folders, including the virtual environment one. Also, when I right-clicked on the virtual environment folder now, I was shown the "Exclude these local files" option.