How to create a gitignore file on mac when uploading a project to gitHub?

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How to create a gitignore file on mac when uploading a project to gitHub?

Answer 1

The .gitignore file is not created when the finished work is submitted to an external repository, but long before. Preferably even before the first local commit is created. This is a plain text file and is created like any other code file. Mac is no different from Windows or Linux. Unless the Finder does not show names starting with a dot. If you press command+ shift+ ., you will see hidden files. But we still create files in a text editor or IDE, and not in Explorer. Both the editor and Git see this file anyway.

Answer 2

You just create a file called .gitignore, write everything that needs to be ignored into it, commit to a turnip. That
's it But the already committed files that are ignored will not disappear from this - they will have to be deleted separately.

Answer 3

In any way that suits.