Git: how to ignore hidden files / dot files / files with empty file names via .gitignore?

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These files should all be ignored:

.weirdBackupFileType
.travis.yml

The following files should not be ignored:

_.weirdBackupFileType
Z.travis.yml

I might suggest fixing the title a bit, as "empty file names" doesn't seem to quite fit... Maybe "hidden files" or "dot files" or something... Although, I have to admit, the only reason I looked at this question was to see exactly what an "empty file name" was... — twalberg, Jul 18 '12 at 15:35

score 26 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 10:10

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If you want to ignore all dotfiles, add this in your .gitignore file (If it doesn't exist, add it)

.*
!.gitignore

answered Jun 07 '16 at 10:10

dulvac

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '16 at 13:28

Your answer is very simple:

This is the content of your .gitignore file:

# ignore those files 
.weirdBackupFileType
.travis.yml

#DONOT ignore those files (this is what the ! is for - un ignore files)
!_.weirdBackupFileType
!Z.travis.yml

And that's it.

In the image you can see that i have created the file and after adding it to the .gitignore they are not in the status any more.

Git: how to ignore hidden files / dot files / files with empty file names via .gitignore?

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