update-index is an internal plumbing command and thus not as comfortable as the real front-end commands. You will have to handle the recursion bit yourself: git ls-files -z myFolderToIgnore/ | xargs -0 git update-index –assume-unchanged PSA: There is a high chance that assume-unchanged is not what you are looking for and you should use skip-worktree … Read more
I found the solution the problem was not in the .gitignore file the problem was the UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate that was not removed from git server, found the solution in the following link: Can’t ignore UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
I think paths in .gitignore have their root at the project’s root, so you may try /bin EDIT And by the way, this is normal behaviour from git.
You can use 2 .gitignore files to achieve the desired result: # vendor/.gitignore * !.gitignore !SupplierName/ !SupplierName/* # vendor/SupplierName/.gitignore !* I tested this with a test repo and seems to work for me in adding files as many levels deep underneath the vendor/SupplierName directory. $ git add . $ git status # On branch master … Read more
per https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Python.gitignore venv/ does the trick for sub-directories.
So, the .gitignore works for me is the following: # Ignore lib/ src/ build/ static/**/* # Allow !static/css/bootstrap-styled.css !static/css/main.css !static/css/font-*.css !static/font/* !static/media/default.png !static/robots.txt
Git ignore understands glob pattern, so you can use this *.[jJ][pP][gG]
To clarify: a projects gitignore file is called .gitignore Background: A .gitignore refers to the directory that it’s in, which is either the top level or descendent of a directory with a .git repository, i.e. a “.git/” directory. There can be multiple .gitignore files in any sub directories but the Best Practice is to have … Read more
git config –global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
You said you want the Output/ pattern to match only under the test/ directory, so in the test/ directory, create a .gitignore file with the contents: Output/ If you put this pattern in your top-level .gitignore file, then it will match in all directories under the top directory.