Ignores

Hidden files, files ending in .hbs and certain folders are ignored by convention along with any patterns in .gitignore files; to add custom ignore patterns create .ignore files.

These folders are ignored by convention:

• collections Location for data collections (eg: JSON documents).
• includes Location for include files (eg: example files).
• layouts Location for site layouts.
• partials Location for template partials.

Force Include

If you need to include files that have been excluded by .gitignore add an .ignore file which will take precedence.

For example an earlier version of this website had a files directory with binary executables for download. We want to ignore these files from git but include them in the website. First we ignore all the files from git (.gitignore):

linux
macos
windows

Then override the pattern in .ignore:

!linux
!macos
!windows