gitignore all files in directory code example

Example 1: how to ignore folder in gitignore duplicate

# Step 1) First stop git from tracking the <folder> 
### Example git rm -r --cached dist ###
git rm -r --cached <folder> 

# Step 2) Then update .gitignore file
dist/
node_modules/
*.log
.env
*.zip

Example 2: gitignore folder

in .gitignore:
	folder/

Example 3: git ignore content of a folder

# exclude everything
somefolder/*

# exception to the rule
!somefolder/.gitkeep

Example 4: git ignore all files and folders in folder

*
*/
!.gitignore

Example 5: gitignore all log files

*.log
!spec/*.log