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Gitignore Rule Tester

Evaluate ordered gitignore rules against supplied relative paths.

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How to use Gitignore Rule Tester

Evaluate ordered gitignore rules against supplied relative paths. Negations, directory exclusions and parent-directory rules follow the ignore library. Results show whether each supplied path is ignored or explicitly unignored.

  1. Provide the input and select the documented mode or options.
  2. Run the tool and review its result and any limits reported below.
  3. Copy the text result or download a separate output file.

Good to know

  • No repository files are read. Inputs must be slash-separated relative paths without .. segments.
  • 100 rules of200 characters;100 paths of1,000 characters. Matching runs in a worker with10s startup and1s execution caps.
  • Processing happens in this browser tab. Inputs and results are not automatically saved or uploaded.

Common questions

What does Gitignore Rule Tester process?

Negations, directory exclusions and parent-directory rules follow the ignore library. Results show whether each supplied path is ignored or explicitly unignored.

What happens to my original input?

The tool creates a separate result. Selected files and pasted data remain on this device; inspect the result before using it in another system.

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