I have a directory structure which has a lot of result directories that are generated automatically.
How can I set git to ignore those result directories? The issue might be there is no specific rule how the result directory is generated.
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Have you tried adding `result/`? – miku Jan 05 '13 at 03:01
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Wait, so the directory name isn’t actually `result`, but instead could be any arbitrary name whose naming scheme you cannot specify? – Andrew Marshall Jan 05 '13 at 03:02
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2Here is same issue for bin folder, you change it for result http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1470572/gitignore-ignore-any-bin-directory – Vahid Farahmand Jan 05 '13 at 03:03
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An entry like
result/
in a .gitignore file at the repository root should suffice. If your directories are all named dynamically, then consider moving them under one directory, whose name you know - or move generated code completely outside the repo.
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Add it to where? ;-) It might be helpful to state that in your response. – John Szakmeister Jan 05 '13 at 10:55
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you need to create a file named .gitignore and add the files (or directories) you want git to ignore to it.
but for the gitignore to work, you must add + commit it to your repo.
more info on the file structure here: http://www.git-scm.com/docs/gitignore.html
