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How to tell git to ignore files or directory with ignore patterns.
| Option | Commited | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| gitignore | Yes | Only a specific Repository |
| infoexclude | No | Only a specific Repository |
| coreexcludesfile | No | All repository on the system |
Options
.gitignore
If you shouldn’t create a .gitignore file because you may accidentally set it under another version control, the solution is to create the infoexclude file
- */: Ignore directories
- *: Ignore file and directories.
info/exclude
Exclude only for a repository in git_dir by creating the info/exclude file either as a symbolic link or as a regular file.
Location
$GIT_DIR/info/exclude
# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
# *.[oa]
# *~
Example as command line option of git
git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
core.excludesfile
core.excludesfile specifies a path to a file containing patterns of file names to exclude for all repository
- See the global gitignore file for your system
git config --global core.excludesfile
- Set it
git config --global core.excludesfile fullPathGitIgnore