git check-ignore

Analyse and debug Git ignore / exclude (".gitignore") files.

• Check whether a file or directory is ignored:

git check-ignore {path/to/file_or_directory}

• Check whether multiple files or directories are ignored:

git check-ignore {path/to/file} {path/to/directory}

• Use pathnames, one per line, from stdin:

git check-ignore --stdin < {path/to/file_list}

• Do not check the index (used to debug why paths were tracked and not ignored):

git check-ignore --no-index {path/to/files_or_directories}

• Include details about the matching pattern for each path:

git check-ignore --verbose {path/to/files_or_directories}

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