How to ignore a file or directory in git, be it tracked, untracked or even part of commit

Question

I want to completely ignore a part of a git repository. The directory is currently tracked in the repository and I\'d like to ensure that

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Answer 1

You can try with following line at beginning of .gitignore file :

!.gitignore

I think this should force git to ignore listed firs/files. I don't know is it best way, but it works in my case. e.g.

!.gitignore
my_dir/
some_dir/

Note: Of course you should git add and commit .gitignore than push to origin.