add folder to git ignore code example
Example 1: how to use gitignore to ignore a folder
You can ignore entire directories, just by including their paths and putting a / on the end:
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node_modules/
logs/
Example 2: how to put files into gitignore
$ echo debug.log >> .gitignore
$ git rm --cached debug.log
rm 'debug.log'
$ git commit -m "Start ignoring debug.log"
Example 3: gitignore folder
in .gitignore:
folder/
Example 4: git exclude folder
directory_to_exclude/
Example 5: git remove file from gitignore
git rm --cached
Example 6: git ignore content of a folder
# exclude everything
somefolder/*
# exception to the rule
!somefolder/.gitkeep