From 66bef1d7ed17f00e7b554ca5413e336970489253 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kwuang Tang <10319942+cktang88@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:02:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore files from .gitignore in Git loader (#2909)

fixes #2905

extends #2851
---
 langchain/document_loaders/git.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/git.py b/langchain/document_loaders/git.py
index eb10dcde..a862e8f0 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/git.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/git.py
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class GitLoader(BaseLoader):
 
             file_path = os.path.join(self.repo_path, item.path)
 
+            ignored_files = repo.ignored([file_path])
+            if len(ignored_files):
+                continue
+
             # uses filter to skip files
             if self.file_filter and not self.file_filter(file_path):
                 continue