# Lines starting with `#` are comments.

# Ignore files called 'file.ext'

file.ext

# Comments can't be on the same line as rules!

# The following line ignores files called file.ext # not a comment'

# Ignoring files with full path.

# This matches files in the root directory and subdirectories too.

# i.e. otherfile.ext will be ignored anywhere on the tree.

dir/otherdir/file.ext

otherfile.ext

# Ignoring directories

# Both the directory itself and its contents will be ignored.

bin/

gen/

# To ignore any directories named DirectoryA

# in any depth use ** before DirectoryA

# Do not forget the last /,

# Otherwise it will ignore all files named DirectoryA, rather than directories

**/DirectoryA/

# This would ignore

# DirectoryA/

# DirectoryB/DirectoryA/

# DirectoryC/DirectoryB/DirectoryA/

# It would not ignore a file named DirectoryA, at any level

# To exclude specific files when using wildcards, negate them.

# So they are excluded from the ignore list:

!.gitignore

# Use the backslash as escape character to ignore files with a hash (#)

# (supported since 1.6.2.1)

\#*#