.gitignore Generator, Tester & Explainer
Pick templates or drop your project folder. Test your rules against real files and catch secrets before they're committed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ignore rules don't affect files already tracked. Run git rm -r --cached <path>, then commit.
Git can't re-include a file if its parent directory is excluded. Ignore dir/* instead of dir/, then add the negation.
Your browser reads file names only, looks for markers like package.json or Cargo.toml and picks the matching templates. Nothing is uploaded.
Docker matches paths from the build-context root, so rules like node_modules need **/ in front. The generator converts them for you.
The matcher follows git's rules for *, **, anchoring, directories and negation, and was verified against git check-ignore.