how to add file to git ignore code example
Example 1: git add file to last commit
git add the_left_out_file
git commit --amend --no-edit
Example 2: create gitignore
# creates gitignore file
$ touch .gitignore
Example 3: 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 4: 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"
Example 5: how to git ignore a file
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
Example 6: git ignore not saving changes
git rm -rf --cached .
git add .