As mentioned in this post
In other words, if in your .gitignore:
there is the following:
/my-ignored-directory/*
Then youre screwed up - after saving the git save -u, my-ignored-file.txt (and sorry, its not that you just created or). Upload recovery packages and hope for the best. Alternatively, if your .gitignore has the following:
/my-ignored-directory
Then youre golden - don’t worry, sit back, relax, my-ignored-file.txt will be exactly where it was before saving the git -u save.
Why is this a difference? I am also wondering if the files will be deleted if .gitignoreI have in my file /my-ignored-directory/(with a trailing slash)?