git | gitignore basics as simple as possible

 

| Global Ignore = Ignore on everywhere

# Ignore file

file.ext

# Igonre all Files with extension

*.exe

#Igonre all files with name

file.*

# Ignore folder

folder/

# Ignore all folders starts with name

folder*/

| Single file/folder Ignore

# Ignore file

/location/file.ext

# Igonre all Files with extension

/location/*.exe

#Igonre all files with name

/location/file.*

# Ignore folder

/location/folder/

# Ignore all folders starts with name

/location/folder*/

| Exclude from Ignore  = dont ignore these files or folders

all the above commands are included, but add "!" at the beginning

 example: ignore all ".exe" files but only leave the one in "/bin"

 

.gitignore>>

*.exe
!/bin/*.exe

| Ignore Development Files Like Config and Temp Data

same like using .gitignore file but to a different file ".git/info/exclude"