.gitignore file tutorials with ignoring directory examples

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.gitignore file example

.gitignore is a file used by the git tool to ignore the files and directories during committing source code changes to the remote repository.

Usually, ignore files or directors specific to local codebases or output of generated project running which are not required to commit to the remote repository.

Each line in the file contains rules or patterns. Comments can be documented using the # symbol.

This is an example of the gitignore file for node_module folder or directory of nodejs projects.

In nodejs applications, the node_modules directory contains dependencies that are local to operating systems.

.gitignore file

# application dependencies
node_modules/

# application npm log file
npm-debug.log*

How to Create a gitignore file

gitignore file can be created locally or globally. global repository generation

These files are global git ignore files or directories which apply to all git repositories in your host.

It is a single file for each operating system. You can create a .gitignore_global on the user root of your operating system using Text Editor. Once the file is created with a list of git ignore files and directories, You need to tell the global gitignore file to git using the below command.

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

local repository generation .gitignore file is created in each git repository which is local to the git repository. you can create a local gitignore file using a text editor with all git ignore files and folders. gitignore location is placed in the root of the repository

How to change git ignore file permission?

Gitignore permissions issues will not have occurred in windows, There are issues in Linux and Unix Operating Systems.

core.fileMode will not track file permission changes For Local gitignore file permission changes

git config core.fileMode false

For Global gitignore file permission changes

git config --add --global core.filemode false

templates

gitignore file is different for operating systems and languages and frameworks. You can find here🔗 a list of all available templates