git: How to ignore all present untracked files?

Question

Is there a handy way to ignore all untracked files and folders in a git repository?
(I know about the .gitignore.)

So git status would

Answer 1

Two ways:

• use the argument -uno to git-status. Here's an example:

  [jenny@jenny_vmware:ft]$ git status
  # On branch ft
  # Untracked files:
  #   (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)
  #
  #       foo
  nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
  [jenny@jenny_vmware:ft]$ git status -uno
  # On branch ft
  nothing to commit (working directory clean)
  

• Or you can add the files and directories to .gitignore, in which case they will never show up.