git ignore a folder code example

Example 1: .gitignore

node_modules
.DS_Store
.env

Example 2: 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 3: gitignore folder

in .gitignore:
	folder/

Example 4: git exclude folder

directory_to_exclude/

Example 5: how to git ignore a file

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

Example 6: git ignore content of a folder

# exclude everything
somefolder/*

# exception to the rule
!somefolder/.gitkeep