Re: Can the git exclude files mask out whole directories?

From: Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Sep 18, 2006, 18:32 UTC
Message-ID: <20060918183220.GA31371@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <1158604087.28026.160.camel@okra.transitives.com>

Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com> wrote:

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> I may be being a bit dim but according to the man page I should be able
> to specify paths with /'s in them. I want to exclude all CVS directories
> so I can commit stuff. I have tried:
> 
> #
> # Ignore CVS files
> #
> */CVS/*

Just use CVS in your info/exclude file:

	#
	# Ignore CVS files
	#
	CVS

> to my exclude file but that seems suboptimal. Besides I'll also want to
> be ignoring whole build directories later. Have I subtly misunderstood
> the man page?

I ignore my build directories all the time by just putting their names in .gitignore, with no trailing /.

-- 
Shawn.