How do I append a line to all .gitignore files recursively?

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I have a directory that have multiple subdirectories with git repositories. I want to add desktop.ini to all .gitignore files in these subdirectories.

I know i can do echo "desktop.ini" | tee -a .gitignore, but it does not work recursively.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '20 at 04:50

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In bash, enabled recursive globbing:

shopt -s globstar

Then do:

echo "desktop.ini" | tee -a **/.gitignore

answered Aug 18 '20 at 04:50

muru

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Perfect idea! worked for me :) – Ahmed Hussein Jul 04 '21 at 18:15
The only issue is that when there's a lot of files matching the regex **/.gitignore, a warning says "Too many open files". Do you know how to come over that? – Ahmed Hussein Jul 04 '21 at 18:24
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@AhmedHussein you could do use a shell loop: `for i in **/.gitignore; do echo desktop.ini >> "$i"; done` – muru Jul 05 '21 at 06:19

How do I append a line to all .gitignore files recursively?

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