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What is .gitignore and how do i generate or write one?

Writing a .gitignore file for projects has always been an evolving task. I mostly start by listing the files, by doing a git status and then adding entries in .gitignore file for the files that i want to un-track. The other option is to copy from an existing project or other git repos

gitignore.io solves this problem every efficiently. It generates a valid .gitignore in 2 simple steps. More details on

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