This is mostly a git question. I want to commit my ipython notebooks but gitignore the checkpoints.
The repo has multiple folders which each have ipython notebooks, therefore just ignoring a single directory does not solve it. I want to keep adding new folders with notebooks inside without worrying about it.
My hunch is that there must be a way to use some wildcard to gitignore anything that is in a folder that is called */.ipynb_checkpoints/ but haven't been able to figure it out.
If you add to .gitignore:
.ipynb_checkpoints
(no slashes anywhere), any file or directory in the repo with that name will be ignored. Paths are only checked if you include /.
From this answer you can also have a global gitignore for your computer:
git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore'
echo '.ipynb_checkpoints' >> ~/.gitignore
If you haven't pushed your code yet, add
.ipynb_checkpoints
to your .gitignore
If you have already pushed your code before, add
.ipynb_checkpoints to your .gitignore. This will ensure that .ipynb_checkpoints will be ignored in the future but doesn't remove your old .ipynb_checkpoints
You have to manually remove the cache in every folder in the respective branch. Go to the folder that has the .ipynb_checkpoints at first and do
git rm -r --cached .ipynb_checkpoints
For some reason, none of the current answers worked for me. I was eventually able to get git to ignore all of my checkpoint files (and any other unwanted hidden files and folders) by adding:
.* # ignore all hidden files and folders
!/.gitignore # explicitly do not ignore .gitignore
to my .gitignore file in the repo's base directory. This is a broad sweep, and will be a pain to maintain if you want to keep hidden files in your repo, but I have no need for any except my .gitignore, so it works for me!
