gitignore-subdirectories

gitignore subdirectories

Does subdirectory gitignore override parent directory gitignore?

Yes, it does.

Important notes

• I was in root directory while executing steps below.
• Root directory .gitignore was empty.

How I tested it

Observation 1:

Adding file to gitignore after staging it, will not remove it from staging.

Steps I did to test this:

1. Create empty .gitignore
2. Create env file
3. Run git add .
4. env file will be staged
5. set gitignore to look like this .gitignore in this repository
6. Run git status
7. env file will be still staged

Steps that prove subdirectory gitignore overrides parent one:

1. Create empty .gitignore
2. Add files to be gitignored
3. Run git add
4. Run git status
5. Gitignored file in subdirectory wont be staged

Why is this important?

This will allow me to have many subdirectories containing their own gitignore which is important to me because of node_modules.