If you're using a library to ignore gitignored files, it probably doesn't do it right! Use this library to be match git behavior 100%.

Determine if any file is gitignored. This is intended to be a complete implementation of the gitignore spec, including $GIT_DIR, $GIT_DIR/info/excludes, and the core.excludesFile configuration variable.

Requires Node >= 8.

npm install --save gitignore-fs

const Gitignore = require('gitignore-fs')

const gitignore = new Gitignore()

console.log(gitignore.ignoresSync('node_modules')) // true or false depending on your config

Each instance of this class keeps a separate cache of gitignore rules.

Creates a new Gitignore instance.

These rules will be applied at lowest precedence (lower than rules from core.excludesFile). Paths with a slash in the beginning or middle are relative to the closest enclosing git directory.

These rules will be applied at highest precedence (higher than .gitignore files). Paths with a slash in the beginning or middle are relative to the closest enclosing git directory.

Determines if the given path is gitignored asynchronously.

The path to test. Must end with / if it is a directory!

A promise that will resolve to true if path is gitignored, false otherwise

Determines if the given path is gitignored synchronously.

The path to test. Must end with / if it is a directory!

true if path is gitignored, false otherwise

Clears the entire gitignore rule cache.