How to .gitignore files recursively

Question

I\'m trying to avoid the following pattern in my .gitignore file.

MyPrject/WebApp/Scripts/special/*.js
MyPrject/WebApp/Scripts/special/*/*.js
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Answer 1

As of git 1.8.2, this:

MyPrject/WebApp/Scripts/special/**/*.js

Should work according to this answer. It also works for me in Windows 7 using Sourcetree 1.6.12.0 and the version of git that it installs (1.8.4-preview20130916).

To gitignore every file and folder under a directory recursively:

MyPrject/WebApp/Scripts/special/**