Add newly created specific folder to .gitignore in Git
Try /public_html/stats/*
?
But since the files in git status
reported as to be commited that means you've already added them manually. In which case, of course, it's a bit too late to ignore. You can git rm --cache
them (IIRC).
From "git help ignore" we learn:
If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the purpose of the following description, but it would only find a match with a directory. In other words, foo/ will match a directory foo and paths underneath it, but will not match a regular file or a symbolic link foo (this is consistent with the way how pathspec works in general in git).
Therefore what you need is
public_html/stats/
For this there are two cases
Case 1: File already added to git repo.
Case 2: File newly created and its status still showing as untracked file when using
git status
If you have case 1:
STEP 1: Then run
git rm --cached filename
to remove it from git repo cache
if it is a directory then use
git rm -r --cached directory_name
STEP 2: If Case 1 is over then create new file named .gitignore
in your git repo
STEP 3: Use following to tell git to ignore / assume file is unchanged
git update-index --assume-unchanged path/to/file.txt
STEP 4: Now, check status using git status open .gitignore
in your editor nano, vim, geany etc... any one, add the path of the file / folder to ignore. If it is a folder then user folder_name/*
to ignore all file.
If you still do not understand read the article git ignore file link.