git ignore files in 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 exclude folder

directory_to_exclude/

Example 3: git ignore not saving changes

git rm -rf --cached .
git add .

Example 4: git ignore all files and folders in folder

*
*/
!.gitignore