add #*# glob to .gitignore?

Question

I want to add emacs autosave files to my .gitignore with the glob #*# but of course, lines starting with a hash are comment lines.

How can I get this in

Answer 1

Another way of escaping # is to use the character set syntax, so that your #*# glob becomes

 [#]*[#] 

in your .gitignore file.