Removed .gitignore It was a symlink (../../../../tools/asuite/aidegen/data/gitignore_template), which caused many git commands (like git status) to issue a warning: warning: unable to access 'hostsidetests/packagemanager/stats/.gitignore': Too many levels of symbolic links Bug: 197246371 Test: git status 2>&1| grep warning || echo FIXED Change-Id: Ib0dff14745ada3acb77da2e4906b29b9fba369eb