recursive gitignore for all files with pattern

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I want to ignore all files with the pattern d*.cpp. These file could be in the same directory as .gitignore, or in any sub-directory.

How should that rule look like? **/d*.cpp does not do what I think it should.

Are you sure you haven't added or committed some of the files previously? — choroba, Mar 22 '17 at 09:38
`git status` lists for example `src/mod/dd_file.cpp` as Untracked file (with the rule in place), so it should not be previously committed. — belln, Mar 22 '17 at 09:58

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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The pattern looks correct. git will ignore any d*.cpp file anywhere in your git repository. However; gitignore works only for untracked files; as written in the documentation:

gitignore - Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore

If you want to ignore changes to the d*.cpp files that have already been added to your repository; you can use --skip-worktree or --assume-unchanged. You can take a look at this answer for a good explanation of these two concepts. (special thanks to @1615903 for pointing me to skip-worktree)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Mar 22 '17 at 09:43

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`--skip-worktree` is more appropriate, see here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13631525/1615903 – 1615903 Mar 22 '17 at 09:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '17 at 17:03

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The ** syntax is not available for .gitignore in early versions of git. The solution is to upgrade to 1.8.2.1 or later.

answered Mar 22 '17 at 17:03

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