git check-ignore

Analyse 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}} {{path/to/directory}}

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/files_or_directories}}

Include details about the matching pattern for each path:

git check-ignore --verbose {{path/to/files_or_directories}}