Why don't these gitignore entries work?

This is my folder struction:

• Root
  • ProgramName
    • bin
      • Debug
        • Backups
          • Backup (This folder contains various text files)

I want to ignore the Backups folder and all of it's files, subfolders, and files in those subfolders.

I don't want to use Backups/ because if I understand correctly tha开发者_如何学Ct would match all folders anywhere under the Root directory named Backups.

Right now I have: Debug/Backup in my exclude file, but that's not working.

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You could have .gitignore at any level in hierarchy, rules for concrete directory get gathered from it and all of its parents. So you could place .gitignore with Backups/ in Debug folder.

Also you could specify path in root .gitignore that starts with /, thus matching only your concrete path. So in your case it is /ProgramName/bin/Debug/Backups/ If ignore pattern finishes with trailing / - it will match directories only.