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.Gitignore File In Git

In this article, we will discuss about .gitignore file in git.

What Is .Gitignore File?

.gitignore file contains the information about those files and folders that you want git to ignore.

How To Create .Gitignore File?

In this article, we will create .gitignore file using Ubuntu using following command

Touch .gitignore

Prerequisite Of .Gitignore

Once you create the .gitignore file, following action needs to be done

Clear the cache using the following command.

git rm -r --cached .

Commit .gitignore file

Git add .
Git commit *.* –m “Committing .gitignore file”

How To Ignore File?

To ignore the file

Open .gitignore file in notepad.
Add the following code

# ignore log file
log.txt

The first line is comment line. In the second line, I have added the file name which I want git to ignore.

Now check the staging directory and you will see that log.txt is ignored by git.

Picture showing the file ignored by .gitignore file

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How To Ignore Folders?

To ignore the folder, use the following code

# ignore log file
log.txt

#ignore directory
MyFolder/*

Here * is the wild card. It means all the files in the folder should be ignored.

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, July 25, 2019

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