Git - Ignoring files with .gitignore

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Can anyone explain to me clearly the difference between using the commands below in the .gitignore file?

/pasta
pasta/

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asked by anonymous 26.11.2018 / 14:23

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You know you can by .gitignore in any subfolder of the project git tag ? It took me a few years to figure this out, and I was happy with the discovery.

The first case, pasta/ , does not require the folder to be in the same directory as .gitignore . It can be any subdirectory called pasta that will be ignored.

The second case, /pasta/ forces the directory to be skipped to be in the same folder as .gitignore . So you can be very specific.

Imagine the following structure:

/--+
  |
  +- dira/ --+
   |         |
   |         +- .gitignore [1]
   |         +- subdira/ --+
   |         |              |
   |         |              +- pasta/
   |         +- pasta/
   |
   +- dirb/--+
   |         |
   |         +- .gitignore [2]
   |         +- subdirb/ --+
   |         |              |
   |         |              +- pasta/
   |         +- pasta/
   +- pasta/

The content of /dira/.gitignore (indicated by [1] ) is:

pasta/

As for /dirb/.gitignore (indicated by [2] ) is:

/pasta/

With this, the project will show the differences in the following pasta/ directories:

/dirb/subdirb/pasta/
/pasta/

And ignore the following:

/dira/pasta/
/dira/subdira/pasta/
/dirb/pasta/