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Example 1: how to ignore folder in gitignore duplicate
# Step 1) First stop git from tracking the <folder>
### Example git rm -r --cached dist ###
git rm -r --cached <folder>
# Step 2) Then update .gitignore file
dist/
node_modules/
*.log
.env
*.zip
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"