gitignore ignore all files in folder 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: 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: 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