Recursively ignore a target directory in Git

ignorerecursive.sh

git init testrecursiveignore
cd testrecursiveignore

mkdir target
echo buildjunk > target/build1.log

mkdir -p subproject/target
echo buildjunk > subproject/target/build2.log

echo //HelloWorld >> code/mycode.java
git add code/mycode.java
git commit -m'Adding code'

echo target >> .gitignore
git add .gitignore
git commit -m'Ignoring all target folders recursively'

## All target files or folders are recursively ignored