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How to mention once to ignore 2 folders with same name from different directories using gitignore?

I have following folders in my project.

public/first/A
public/second/A
public/first/B
public/second/B

And similarly I've other folders which is also in public/first and public/second.

To ignore these folders I need to add following to .gitignore :

/public/first/A
/public/second/A
....

Is there a way which I can follow to mention A and B folder only once in gitignore and they will be ignored from both /public/first and /public/second.

Note: Folders with A & B name with different content might be available in other folders like public/first/app/A and it should not be ignored.

Solution

  • Assuming that there is no /public/third/A scenario, you can use a wildcard to specify the first and second part. Like this

    /public/*/A/
/public/*/B/

    Also, you need to put a / after a folder in gitignore. If you don't, git treats it like a file declaration instead of a folder.