PythonAnywhere "ModuleNotFound Error django"

Question

Im working on hosting a Django app on pythonanywhere. I had it semi working before changing a few things that a guide suggested, before it started running a ModuleNotFoundError saying Django was not installed, even though I did install it in the virtual environment.

This is the error code:

2022-03-23 21:16:01,911: Error running WSGI application
2022-03-23 21:16:01,913: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django'
2022-03-23 21:16:01,913: File "/var/www/coleabell05_pythonanywhere_com_wsgi.py", line 88, in <module>
2022-03-23 21:16:01,913: from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

The changes I made before this started happening are: I remade my Github repo by incorporating a .gitignore file before pushing to the repo as suggested by the guide (I forgot to make this file the first time I made the repo and cloned into PythonAnywhere). The file consists of this:

# Python
*.pyc
*~
__pycache__

# Env
.env
myvenv/
venv/

# Static folder at project root
/static/

# macOS
._*
.DS_Store
.fseventsd
.Spotlight-V100

# pycharm
.idea/

I pushed my project to Github, and then at the repo on github I manually inserted this into the .gitignore file before cloning to PythonAnywhere:

wintergardendjango/settings.py

I then cloned this repo via the console on pythonanywhere and made a new virtual environment where I again installed django. I updated all my paths to reflect the new virtual environment ect. The error being called is in the WSGI file which is:

# To use your own django app use code like this:
import os
import sys

#
## assuming your django settings file is at '/home/coleabell05/mysite/mysite/settings.py'
## and your manage.py is is at '/home/coleabell05/mysite/manage.py'
path = '/home/coleabell05/wintergardendjango'
if path not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(path)
#
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'wintergardendjango.settings'
#
## then:
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
application = get_wsgi_application()

I've tried remaking the virtual environment and redownloading django but it continues to throw the error. Any ideas for what could be the cause?

Edit: I ended up redoing the repo without the .gitignore and it all worked. Curious what in that file could have caused the error?