How do a ignore a certain disk pattern in .gitignore?

Question

I have a lot of paths that contain build specific data:

a/b/c/d/SOME_RECURRING_FOLDER/
a/e/f/SOME_RECURRING_FOLDER/
a/g/i/a/b/c/d/SOME_RECURRING_FOLDER/

I would like to ignore all folders SOME_RECURRING_FOLDER and their content using a pattern-type solution (as there are hundreds of such SOME_RECURRING_FOLDER folders)

Is that possible in .gitignore?

Answer 1

Put this into your .gitignore:

SOME_RECURRING_FOLDER/

More info:

• the git docs
• What's the difference between Git ignoring directory and directory/*?
• How do I ignore files in a directory in Git?

Answer 2

I think the following could work for this.

**/SOME_RECURRING_FOLDER/**