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Answer 1

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Have you tried wildcards?

Solution/*/bin/Debug
Solution/*/bin/Release

jleedev 2010-03-30 13:52:04

It works, except if there is a sub-folder with another project in e.g. Solution/Module/Project so for now I've added /*/*/bin/Debug and /*/*/*/bin/Debug (for sub folders). Looks like you have to add a wildcard sub folder for each level in your directory structure.

Marcel 2010-03-30 14:08:49

@Marcel: Well, git certainly isn't going to ignore any files you don't tell it to - it ignores whatever matches the wildcards, no more, no less.

Jefromi 2010-03-30 14:59:16

Answer 2

+2 A:

You can use .gitignore in the top level to ignore all directories in the project with the same name. For example:

Debug/
Release/

This should update immediately so it's visible when you do git status. Ensure that these directories are not already added to git, as that will override the ignores.

Andreas 2010-03-30 14:59:00

The same could be done by adding the patterns to the OPs `$GIT_DIR/.git/info/exclude` file.

Tim Henigan 2010-03-30 20:14:22

The difference is that the .gitignore file will follow the code, so it applies everywhere. Whereas the exclude file is local to only your repository, meaning it only applies for that specific repository. Unless other committers have a reason to want to commit these directories, I would recommend using .gitignore.

Andreas 2010-03-31 05:27:07

Another problem with this is if you have a project in your solution called Debug, which will then also be ignored. I think the solution is a combination of all the answers and comments - restructure the solution to keep common or referenced dll's in a different folder, then ignoring "bin/" and/or use wildcards.

Marcel 2010-04-01 10:08:24

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