adding to .gitignore code example

Example 1: create gitignore

# creates gitignore file
$ touch .gitignore

Example 2: how 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/

Example 3: what to add to gitignore

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https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore
Generates a gitignore for you, based on the technologies you're using

Example 4: how to git ignore a file

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

Example 5: git ignore not saving changes

git rm -rf --cached .
git add .