create gitignore
# creates gitignore file
$ touch .gitignorehow to use gitignore to ignore a folder
You can ignore entire directories, just by including their paths and putting a / on the end:
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node_modules/
logs/How to ignore files in git
Then in Git Bash you have to write the following line:
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
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If the repository already exists then you have to do the following:
git rm -r --cached .
git add .
git commit -m ".gitignore is now working"
If the step 2 doesn’t work then you should write the whole route of the files that you would like to add.how to put files into gitignore
$ echo debug.log >> .gitignore
$ git rm --cached debug.log
rm 'debug.log'
$ git commit -m "Start ignoring debug.log"git ignore not saving changes
git rm -rf --cached .
git add .how to git ignore a file
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_globalCopyright © 2021 Codeinu
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