bash: How has .bash_profile never been tracked?

.bash_profile

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+# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
+
+#umask 022
+
+# include .bashrc if it exists
+if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
+    . ~/.bashrc
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
+    PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
+fi
+
+# -- start rip config -- #
+RIPDIR=/Users/ches/.rip
+RUBYLIB="$RUBYLIB:$RIPDIR/active/lib"
+PATH="$PATH:$RIPDIR/active/bin"
+export RIPDIR RUBYLIB PATH
+# -- end rip config -- #