What is the difference between "py[cod]" and "pyc" in .gitignore notation? [duplicate]

Question

What is the difference (if any) between ".pyc" and ".py[cod]" notation in ignoring files. I am noticing I have both on my git ignore file. Thanks

Answer 1

You are safe to remove the .pyc entry from your .gitignore, since .py[cod] will cover it. The square brackets are for matching any one of the characters, so it matches .pyc, .pyo and .pyd.

Since they are all generated from the .py source, they should not be stored in source control.