git ignoring .gitattributes pattern

Question

I\'ve a directory structure like this:

root/
  .git
  deploy/
  Site/
    blah/
    more_blah/
      something.local
      else.development
    Rakefile
             


        

Answer 1

If you want git to ignore a file put it in the .gitignore file not the .attributes file.

If you want to ignore your Rakefile put the following in the .gitignore file at the root of your project.

/**/Rakefile

Specify the full path if you have more than one and you only want to ignore one of them.

A few examples of how to implement pattern matching for these files:

For All Files in All Folders

/**/*.ext

For A File in All Folders

/**/some_file.ext

File in Root Folder

/some_file.ext

File in A Folder

/some_folder/some_file.ext

All Files in A Folder

/some_folder/*