How can I prevent subdirectory matching in .gitignore?

Question

I have a project directory that includes the following:

log/
src/log/
tests/log/
.gitignore

In my .gitignore file, I added the following line, assuming it would just ignore the top level log/

:

log/

However, he also ignores src/log

and tests/log

. How can I prevent this?

+3

Evan Jul 19 At 1:48 am

1 answer

MM · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-19T01:50:16+0000

Use /log/

; this means that it will only ignore the directory log

that occurs at the top level of your project.