git-check-ignore
Analyze and debug Git ignore/exclude (.gitignore) files. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Check whether a file or directory is ignored
git check-ignore path/to/file_or_directoryIdentifyCheck whether multiple files or directories are ignored
git check-ignore path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...IdentifyUse pathnames, one per line, from stdin
git <path/to/file_list check-ignore --stdinIdentifyDo not check the index (used to debug why paths were tracked and not ignored)
git check-ignore --no-index path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...IdentifyInclude details about the matching pattern for each path
git check-ignore --verbose path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...Identify