Git ignore

• Explicitly tells git which files and folders to ignore
• Rules are defined in .gitignore

Commit previously ignored files

• Simply remove it from gitignore and commit it again

Ignore previously committed file

• Option 1
• Add ignore rule to .gitignore
• Delete file from WIP
• Commit changes
• Add again previously deleted file
• Option 2
• Add ignore rule to .gitignore
• Delete file only from repo keeping it in WIP git rm --cached filename

Best practices for git ignore

• Build folders (bin, dist, etc)
• Dependency folders (node_modules)
• Compiled and log files (*.pyc, *.log)

• Hidden OS files (Thumbs.db, .DB_Store)

• https://gitignore.io

• https://github.com/github/gitignore