git check-ignore

Analyze and debug Git ignore/exclude (".gitignore") files. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-ignore.

• Check whether a file or directory is ignored:

git check-ignore path/to/file_or_directory

• Check whether multiple files or directories are ignored:

git check-ignore path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 …

• Use pathnames, one per line, from stdin:

git check-ignore --stdin < path/to/file_list

• Do not check the index (used to debug why paths were tracked and not ignored):

git check-ignore --no-index path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 …

• Include details about the matching pattern for each path:

git check-ignore --verbose path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 …