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Gitignore all folders beginning with a period

I want to use a .gitignore file to ignore all folders beginning with a period (hidden folders of linux).

I can't figure out the syntax, though I'm sure it's simple.

How's it done?

Solution

  • Use one of these patterns:

    # ignore all . files but include . folders
.*
!.*/

    # ignore all . files and . folders
.*

# Dont ignore .gitignore (this file)
# This is just for verbosity, you can leave it out if
# .gitignore is already tracked or if you use -f to
# force-add it if you just created it
!/.gitignore

    # ignore all . folders but include . files
.*/

    What is this pattern?

    .* - This patter tells git to ignore all the files which starts with .

    ! - This tells git not to ignore the pattern. In your case /.gitignore

    A demo can be found in this answer:
    Git: how to ignore hidden files / dot files / files with empty file names via .gitignore?