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Reputation: 81

Git ignore on a folder?

If I have a folder called 'test' in my root, how do I put ignore so that the folder and all files/folders in it would be on gitignore? I've tried various tutorials, but nothing seems to be working. I bet its a very quick job?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1352

Answers (2)

willeM_ Van Onsem
willeM_ Van Onsem

Reputation: 476584

Simply use a wildcard: add

test/**

to the .gitignore.

In Linux, a simple command to do this is:

echo 'test/**' >> .gitignore

in the root of the repository.

The ** unifies with all files in the directory and beyond.

This is sound with the .gitignore documentation:

Two consecutive asterisks ("**") in patterns matched against full pathname may have special meaning:

  • A leading "**" followed by a slash means match in all directories. For example, "**/foo" matches file or directory "foo" anywhere, the same as pattern "foo". "**/foo/bar" matches file or directory "bar" anywhere that is directly under directory "foo".

  • A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example, "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative to the location of the .gitignore file, with infinite depth.

  • A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash matches zero or more directories. For example, "a/**/b" matches "a/b", "a/x/b", "a/x/y/b" and so on.

  • Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.

(syntax modification, but same text).

Upvotes: 4

nitishagar
nitishagar

Reputation: 9403

You need .gitignore in your projects directory. Add the following:

dir_to_ignore/**

More info here.

A trailing /** matches everything inside. For example, dir_to_ignore/** matches all files inside directory dir_to_ignore, relative to the location of the .gitignore file, with infinite depth.

Upvotes: 1

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