How to git ignore ipython notebook checkpoints anywhere in repository

I would recommend to use **/*.ipynb_checkpoints/ in your .gitignore file.

If you add to .gitignore:

.ipynb_checkpoints

(no slashes anywhere), any file or directory in the repo with that name will be ignored. Paths are only checked if you include /.

From this answer you can also have a global gitignore for your computer:

git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore'
echo '.ipynb_checkpoints' >> ~/.gitignore

Add to your .gitignore:

.ipynb_checkpoints
*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*

And you should be good to go.

If you haven't pushed your code yet, add

.ipynb_checkpoints

to your .gitignore

If you have already pushed your code before, add .ipynb_checkpoints to your .gitignore. This will ensure that .ipynb_checkpoints will be ignored in the future but doesn't remove your old .ipynb_checkpoints

You have to manually remove the cache in every folder in the respective branch. Go to the folder that has the .ipynb_checkpoints at first and do

git rm -r --cached .ipynb_checkpoints