Using .gitignore with *.pyc in subfolders
Question:
I see that with python 3, there is a __pycache__ in each subfolder of my application and of course *.pyc files will be created there as well. In my .gitignore of my app’s root folder, can I simply place:
**/__pycache__
**/*.pyc
to have these ignored in all future subfolders created? Or do I need to place a .gitignore in each and every subfolder ?
On a related note, how do I check what all is being untracked (ignored). I tried “git status -u” and it does not show __pycache__ or .pyc files as being untracked.
Answers:
You should not need the **/:
__pycache__/
*.pyc
That should be enough.
See for instance gitignore.io/python.
Note the practice of adding a trailing / to ignore specifically a folder.
Use git check-ignore -v -- afile (that I mentioned in Sept. 2013, with Git 1.8.2+) to check which rule ignores a file.
If the folder was already tracked:
git rm --cached -r __pycache__/
André Duarte adds in the comments:
After adjusting gitignore, I had to do this for every file, so I call awk for help:
git status | grep pycache | awk '{print $3}' | xargs git reset HEAD
I see that with python 3, there is a __pycache__ in each subfolder of my application and of course *.pyc files will be created there as well. In my .gitignore of my app’s root folder, can I simply place:
**/__pycache__
**/*.pyc
to have these ignored in all future subfolders created? Or do I need to place a .gitignore in each and every subfolder ?
On a related note, how do I check what all is being untracked (ignored). I tried “git status -u” and it does not show __pycache__ or .pyc files as being untracked.
You should not need the **/:
__pycache__/
*.pyc
That should be enough.
See for instance gitignore.io/python.
Note the practice of adding a trailing / to ignore specifically a folder.
Use git check-ignore -v -- afile (that I mentioned in Sept. 2013, with Git 1.8.2+) to check which rule ignores a file.
If the folder was already tracked:
git rm --cached -r __pycache__/
André Duarte adds in the comments:
After adjusting
gitignore, I had to do this for every file, so I callawkfor help:git status | grep pycache | awk '{print $3}' | xargs git reset HEAD