How to Git Ignore These Files

Question

I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to ignore all of these files that are created w/ Solr/Sunspot.

Basically I want to ignore everything inside of solr/data which includes a lot of folders, subfolders, and files.

Does `/solr/data` in your .gitignore file not work? Remember that .gitignore does not apply retroactively—if you've previously told git to track those files (with `git add`), you'll have to remove them from tracking before git will ignore them. — peterjmag, Aug 09 '11 at 01:43
The thing that all-too-often catches me is that .gitignore needs to be committed with your list. — Art Taylor, Aug 09 '11 at 03:18

miku · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-09T01:45:42.033

6

Just add

/solr/data

to your .gitignore.

Assumed directory layout:

.git
.gitignore
solr/data/
other/
folders/
README.txt
...

edited Aug 09 '11 at 01:45

answered Aug 09 '11 at 01:40

miku

`/solr/data` would be a better approach as it is anchored to the repository root and does not require a pattern match. – cdhowie Aug 09 '11 at 01:41
Not completely -- the trailing `/*` can be removed. :) – cdhowie Aug 09 '11 at 01:43

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 01:40

3

You should be able to do /solr/data or put a .gitignore file inside solr/data and just put *.

Note that you can't ignore things that have already been committed.

answered Aug 09 '11 at 01:40

Tyler

2 Answers2