How to Ignore File in Git using Gitignore?

Here, I will show you how to works how to ignore file in git using gitignore. I’m going to show you about how to add files to gitignore. We will use git gitignore file add. I explained simply step by step git ignore add file.

In this example, I will show you how to create gitignore file and how to ignore files using gitignore file. there is a list of options where you can ignore folders and files. so let's see below one by one example and let's see.

Git Ignore Files using .gitignore File

You can simple give path of files and ignore to push on git repository. I will add ".env", "data,json", "database/backup.sql" specific file will ignore for git pull and push. let's see example file.

.gitignore

.env
data.json
database/backup.sql

Example Ignore Files:

.env
data.json
database/backup.sql

Git Ignore Files with Wildcard Matches using .gitignore File

You can simple give path of files with extension and ignore to push on git repository. I will add "*.php" and "data/*.json" specific file extensions. will ignore for git pull and push. let's see example file.

.gitignore

*.php
data/*.json

Example Ignore Files:

index.php
event.php
data/events.json
data/products.json

Git Ignore Folder using .gitignore File

You can simple give path of files and ignore to push on git repository. I will add "database" and "data/json" specific folder will ignore for git pull and push. let's see example file.

.gitignore

database/
data/json

Example Ignore Files:

database/backup.sql
data/json/events.json
data/json/products.json

I hope it can help you...