How do I use 'wildignore' in Vim?

Question

I\'m having a lot of trouble figuring out the syntax for the wildignore setting in Vim.

Suppose I want my file finder plugin (I use Ctrlp, which uses

Answer 1

As BenC pointed out, Wildignore may not be the best way to ignore files if you are using CtrlP with an external search tool. Instead, you can use CtrlP's "custom_ignore" directive, as stated in their docs:

let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = '\v[\/]\.(git|hg|svn)$'
let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = {
    \ 'dir':  '\v[\/]\.(git|hg|svn)$',
    \ 'file': '\v\.(exe|so|dll)$',
    \ 'link': 'SOME_BAD_SYMBOLIC_LINKS',
    \ }