git ignore file folder 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: git ignore content of a folder

# exclude everything
somefolder/*

# exception to the rule
!somefolder/.gitkeep

Example 3: git ignore all files and folders in folder

*
*/
!.gitignore

Example 4: git ignore folder command

$ touch .gitignore