ignore directory git code example

Example 1: gitignroe remove folder

git rm -r --cached some-directory
git commit -m 'Remove the now ignored directory "some-directory"'
git push origin master

Example 2: .gitignore

node_modules
.DS_Store
.env

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: gitignore folder

in .gitignore:
	folder/

Example 6: git ignore folder command

$ touch .gitignore