ignore files in gitignore code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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 3: git exclude folder

directory_to_exclude/

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 .