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***********************************Git Ignore File***************************************************

The .gitignore file is a text file that tells Git which files or folders to ignore in a project.

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Need:

As a part of software , the code may consists some bugs which are affecting on the current working folder in our comuter,
in some files the code may be irrevalant and of no use in those cases we should ignpre these files in the git repo
as it is making an error to our file system.

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Steps:

To create a local .gitignore file, create a text file and name it .gitignore (remember to include the . at the beginning).
Then edit this file as needed. Each new line should list an additional file or folder that you want Git to ignore.

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Ignoring the files:

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1.Ignoring a a file

Add the names of files which are to be ignored in this .gitignore file.

2.Ignoring all the files with the same extension:

You can remove all the files with the same extension by making changes in .gitignore file *.(extension)

For example:*.log ,*.txt  =====> (All the text and log files will be ignored now)

3.Ignoring a directory

Add "[DIRECTORY_NAME]/" in gitignore file.For example:(dir/,static/)

Note:By the above command all the directory files having the same name will be ignored withought any bother whether the file is outer or inner

If we want to ignore outer directory use "/[DIRECTORY_NAME]/"

We can specify the path fo directory for ignoring a particular directory "/[Dir]/Dir1]"

If we make any changes in ignoring files there won't be any change in the git status of our repo.

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