make git ignore a folder code example

Example 1: create gitignore files

#Linux
$ touch .gitignore

#Windows
cd c:\
notepad .gitignore
#Accept the prompt to create the file, edit the contents accordingly, save and close.

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/