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The Nightman
The Nightman

Reputation: 5759

Using .gitignore to ignore a full directory

I have created a .gitignore file in the root directory of a project, and I would like to ignore an entire folder and anything that gets place within it.

My .gitgnore file contains only the following:

/dir/output/*

But everytime I add or modify files within the output directory the changes get tracked. Is there a way to do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 155

Answers (1)

technoY2K
technoY2K

Reputation: 2570

You have to tell git to remove the cache before it starts "listening" to the new ignore. Make sure you commit your changes first and then do the following command:

git rm . -r --cached
git add .
git commit -m "what ever message"

Upvotes: 1

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