Trying to use .gitignore file to ignore .log files [duplicate]

Question

I am writing in LaTeX and when you save a file in .tex it generate files that I don't want git to track.

The .tex file will make a .log, .aux, .synctex.gz file. I have successfully ignored the .aux and the .synctex.gz with this:

.DS_Store
*.log
*.aux
*.synctex.gz

But the log file is still tracked. When I do a git add * it says:

modified:   assets/latex/array/array.log
modified:   assets/latex/array/array.pdf
modified:   assets/latex/template.log
modified:   assets/latex/template.pdf
modified:   assets/latex/template.tex

Also, I have tried this:

.DS_Store
assets/latex/array/array.aux
assets/latex/array/array.log
assets/latex/array/array.synctex.gz

assets/latex/else/else.aux
assets/latex/else/else.log
assets/latex/else/else.synctex.gz

assets/latex/elseif/elseif.aux
assets/latex/elseif/elseif.log
assets/latex/elseif/elseif.synctex.gz

assets/latex/for-loop/forloop.aux
assets/latex/for-loop/forloop.log
assets/latex/for-loop/forloop.synctex.gz

assets/latex/if/if.aux
assets/latex/if/if.log
assets/latex/if/if.synctex.gz

assets/latex/switch/switch.aux
assets/latex/switch/switch.log
assets/latex/switch/switch.synctex.gz

assets/latex/var/var.aux
assets/latex/var/var.log
assets/latex/var/var.synctex.gz

assets/latex/template.aux
assets/latex/template.log
assets/latex/template.synctex.gz

This also doesn't work.

Answer 1

You can use **/*.log, where the double-star means to apply it recursively, so it will match every subdirectory.