Ignore¶

rules¶

https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

list ignored files¶

only for tracked files

git status --ignored

list all ignored files¶

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466764/git-command-to-show-which-specific-files-are-ignored-by-gitignore

find . -not -path './.git/*' | git check-ignore --stdin    #list files only
find . -not -path './.git/*' | git check-ignore --stdin -v #include ignore rules
git check-ignore *       #does not work
git check-ignore **/*    #does not work

debug gitignore¶

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-ignore

check why file (not) ignored

git check-ignore --verbose ignored.file #git check-ignore -v ignored.file