How to do gsutil cp -R while ignoring files like .git, .gitignore?

You could use a command like:

gsutil rsync -x '\.git.*' dev_dir gs://your-bucket

See Google Storage - rsync - Synchronize content of two buckets/directories

You have two options:

A) Remove the git files after they are uploaded:

gsutil rm gs://bucket/\*.git\*

B) Use find to exclude git files:

find . -not -path '*/.git' -type f -printf '%P\n' | xargs -I '{}' gsutil cp '{}' gs://bucket/'{}'

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gsutil-discuss/zoHhkTPhiNc

It would've been much easier if gsutil implemented rsync, this would've been easier with their --exclude flag.

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