I have this .gitignore file:
/node_modules
/public/storage
/public/hot
/storage/*.key
/vendor
.idea
Homestead.json
Homestead.yaml
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db
*.sublime-project
*.sublime-workspace
.project
/nbproject
_ide_helper.php
composer.phar
error.log
Todo.rtf
.vagrant
/.vagrant
npm-debug.log
.env
/public/css/backend.css
/public/css/frontend.css
/public/js/backend.js
/public/js/frontend.js
/public/mix-manifest.json
/public/mix.js
Right now I'm ignoring last lines (starting with /public/...) but they are specific files. In my project I have a lot of compiled files like:
/public/css/backend.345346n345jkn3454.css
/public/css/frontend.679nkj67n9n79n679.css
/public/js/backend.2345b34j5bn345m34..js
/public/js/frontend.234234234n234f.js
/public/mix-manifest.json
/public/mix.9b87a1da741f957f3f09.js
Etc... so I want to include all the files that has the "backend", "frontend" and "mix" text in the beginning of the name. It is possible to do something like this?:
/public/css/backend*.css
/public/css/frontend*.css
/public/js/backend*.js
/public/js/frontend*.js
/public/mix*.js
I did that but it doesn't work, so I don't know how to do it.
EDIT: This question is not about ignoring already commited files on a repository. I wanted to know the use of wildcards for my specific situation.
Yup. You can use this syntax in you .gitignore. Probably you are trying to ignore something that is already committed, though.
To untrack a single file that has already been added/initialized to your repository, i.e., stop tracking the file but not delete it from your system use: git rm --cached filename
To untrack every file that is now in your .gitignore:
First commit any outstanding code changes, and then, run this command:
git rm -r --cached .
This removes any changed files from the index(staging area), then just run:
git add .
Commit it:
git commit -m ".gitignore is now working"
To undo git rm --cached filename, use git add filename.