6 git-check-ignore - Debug gitignore / exclude files
12 'git check-ignore' [options] pathname...
13 'git check-ignore' [options] --stdin < <list-of-paths>
18 For each pathname given via the command-line or from a file via
19 `--stdin`, show the pattern from .gitignore (or other input files to
20 the exclude mechanism) that decides if the pathname is excluded or
21 included. Later patterns within a file take precedence over earlier
27 Don't output anything, just set exit status. This is only
28 valid with a single pathname.
31 Also output details about the matching pattern (if any)
32 for each given pathname.
35 Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
38 The output format is modified to be machine-parseable (see
39 below). If `--stdin` is also given, input paths are separated
40 with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character.
45 By default, any of the given pathnames which match an ignore pattern
46 will be output, one per line. If no pattern matches a given path,
47 nothing will be output for that path; this means that path will not be
50 If `--verbose` is specified, the output is a series of lines of the form:
52 <source> <COLON> <linenum> <COLON> <pattern> <HT> <pathname>
54 <pathname> is the path of a file being queried, <pattern> is the
55 matching pattern, <source> is the pattern's source file, and <linenum>
56 is the line number of the pattern within that source. If the pattern
57 contained a `!` prefix or `/` suffix, it will be preserved in the
58 output. <source> will be an absolute path when referring to the file
59 configured by `core.excludesfile`, or relative to the repository root
60 when referring to `.git/info/exclude` or a per-directory exclude file.
62 If `-z` is specified, the pathnames in the output are delimited by the
63 null character; if `--verbose` is also specified then null characters
64 are also used instead of colons and hard tabs:
66 <source> <NULL> <linenum> <NULL> <pattern> <NULL> <pathname> <NULL>
73 One or more of the provided paths is ignored.
76 None of the provided paths are ignored.
79 A fatal error was encountered.
85 linkgit:git-ls-files[5]
89 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite