git-check-ignore − Debug gitignore / exclude files
git
check−ignore [options] pathname...
git check−ignore [options] −−stdin
< <list−of−paths>
For each pathname given via the command−line or from a file via −−stdin, show the pattern from .gitignore (or other input files to the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or included. Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier ones.
−q, −−quiet
Don’t output anything, just set exit status. This is only valid with a single pathname.
−v, −−verbose
Also output details about the matching pattern (if any) for each given pathname.
−−stdin
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command−line.
−z
The output format is modified to be machine−parseable (see below). If −−stdin is also given, input paths are separated with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character.
By default, any of the given pathnames which match an ignore pattern will be output, one per line. If no pattern matches a given path, nothing will be output for that path; this means that path will not be ignored.
If −−verbose is specified, the output is a series of lines of the form:
<source> <COLON> <linenum> <COLON> <pattern> <HT> <pathname>
<pathname> is the path of a file being queried, <pattern> is the matching pattern, <source> is the pattern’s source file, and <linenum> is the line number of the pattern within that source. If the pattern contained a ! prefix or / suffix, it will be preserved in the output. <source> will be an absolute path when referring to the file configured by core.excludesfile, or relative to the repository root when referring to .git/info/exclude or a per−directory exclude file.
If −z is specified, the pathnames in the output are delimited by the null character; if −−verbose is also specified then null characters are also used instead of colons and hard tabs:
<source> <NULL> <linenum> <NULL> <pattern> <NULL> <pathname> <NULL>
0
One or more of the provided paths is ignored.
1
None of the provided paths are ignored.
128
A fatal error was encountered.
gitignore(5) gitconfig(5) git-ls-files(5)
Part of the git(1) suite