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Expand Up @@ -141,13 +141,17 @@ default when looking for files and directories, but you can change this with the

$finder->ignoreVCS(false);

If the search directory contains a ``.gitignore`` file, you can reuse those
rules to exclude files and directories from the results with the
If the search directory and its subdirectories contain ``.gitignore`` files, you
can reuse those rules to exclude files and directories from the results with the
:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Finder\\Finder::ignoreVCSIgnored` method::

// excludes files/directories matching the .gitignore patterns
$finder->ignoreVCSIgnored(true);

.. versionadded:: 5.4

``.gitignore`` files recursive support was introduced in Symfony 5.4.

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