Docs: add documentation for .geminiignore (#5123)
Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
parent
d5a1b717c2
commit
0ce89392b8
|
@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
|
|||
# Ignoring Files
|
||||
|
||||
This document provides an overview of the Gemini Ignore (`.geminiignore`) feature of the Gemini CLI.
|
||||
|
||||
The Gemini CLI includes the ability to automatically ignore files, similar to `.gitignore` (used by Git) and `.aiexclude` (used by Gemini Code Assist). Adding paths to your `.geminiignore` file will exclude them from tools that support this feature, although they will still be visible to other services (such as Git).
|
||||
|
||||
## How it works
|
||||
|
||||
When you add a path to your `.geminiignore` file, tools that respect this file will exclude matching files and directories from their operations. For example, when you use the [`read_many_files`](./tools/multi-file.md) command, any paths in your `.geminiignore` file will be automatically excluded.
|
||||
|
||||
For the most part, `.geminiignore` follows the conventions of `.gitignore` files:
|
||||
|
||||
- Blank lines and lines starting with `#` are ignored.
|
||||
- Standard glob patterns are supported (such as `*`, `?`, and `[]`).
|
||||
- Putting a `/` at the end will only match directories.
|
||||
- Putting a `/` at the beginning anchors the path relative to the `.geminiignore` file.
|
||||
- `!` negates a pattern.
|
||||
|
||||
You can update your `.geminiignore` file at any time. To apply the changes, you must restart your Gemini CLI session.
|
||||
|
||||
## How to use `.geminiignore`
|
||||
|
||||
To enable `.geminiignore`:
|
||||
|
||||
1. Create a file named `.geminiignore` in the root of your project directory.
|
||||
|
||||
To add a file or directory to `.geminiignore`:
|
||||
|
||||
1. Open your `.geminiignore` file.
|
||||
2. Add the path or file you want to ignore, for example: `/archive/` or `apikeys.txt`.
|
||||
|
||||
### `.geminiignore` examples
|
||||
|
||||
You can use `.geminiignore` to ignore directories and files:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
# Exclude your /packages/ directory and all subdirectories
|
||||
/packages/
|
||||
|
||||
# Exclude your apikeys.txt file
|
||||
apikeys.txt
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
You can use wildcards in your `.geminiignore` file with `*`:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
# Exclude all .md files
|
||||
*.md
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Finally, you can exclude files and directories from exclusion with `!`:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
# Exclude all .md files except README.md
|
||||
*.md
|
||||
!README.md
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
To remove paths from your `.geminiignore` file, delete the relevant lines.
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue