.gitignore .claude/settings.local.json

12 Jun, 2025 • 41 words • 1 min • updated 29 Jul, 2026

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The initial attempt:

~/.gitignore

.claude/settings.local.json

However, it doesn’t work when you run claude code in a subdirectory of your git repository root. git diff still surfaces it.

The correct form is:

     diff
     
   
-.claude/settings.local.json
+**/.claude/settings.local.json

Add ** to include subdirectories as well.