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Daniel Zotti
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#LearnedToday: .gitignore resources

#javascript #webdev #learnedtoday #github

.gitignore file specifies intentionally untracked files that Git should ignore.

THE PROBLEM: Whenever I start a new project, I always forget to add some files or folders...!

The gitignore github project comes to the rescue with its collection of ready-made templates that simplify the creation of the .gitignore file by adding some common files and folders to be ignored.

It is also very convenient when approaching a totally new programming language.

There is also another cool project, if you are more to create .gitignore files on the fly with a simple UI: https://gitignore.io

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Leonardo Montini •

Thanks for sharing and here's one more!

npx gitignore [type]
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for example

npx gitignore node
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This will create a .gitignore in the current directory.

If you run npx gitignore -types it prints a list of supported types, for example node, python or rust

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Daniel Zotti •

Whoa..! Doing such things from the command line is even easier and faster! Thanks for sharing 😊