Find files ignored by .gitignore

You can list all files ignored by git in current directory with command:

git status --ignored

So if we have repository structure like this:

.git
.gitignore
./example_1
./dir/example_2
./example_2

…and .gitignore file containing:

example_2

…than result of the command will be:

$ git status --ignored

On branch master

Initial commit

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

.gitignore
.example_1

Ignored files:
  (use "git add -f <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

dir/
example_2

If you want to list recursively ignored files in directories, you have to use additional parameter - --untracked-files=all

Result will look like this:

$ git status --ignored --untracked-files=all
On branch master

Initial commit

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

.gitignore
example_1

Ignored files:
  (use "git add -f <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

dir/example_2
example_2

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