gitignore - How do I ignore file extensions in git regardless of case?

Question

I want to tell git to ignore e.g. jpg files regardless of how the extension is written.

e.g.

*.jpg

should ignore

.jpg, .JPG., .Jpg

etc.

Is that possible without telling git to ignore case altogether?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11116636/how-do-i-ignore-file-extensions-in-git-regardless-of-case

Answer 1

Git ignore understands glob pattern, so you can use this

*.[jJ][pP][gG]