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What is .gitignore?

A .gitignore file tells Git which files and directories to ignore in a project. This prevents build artifacts, dependencies, IDE settings, OS-specific files, and secrets from being committed to your repository.

Place the .gitignore file in the root of your repository. Patterns in the file match relative to the repository root. You can also have nested .gitignore files in subdirectories.

Pattern Syntax

Pattern	Meaning
*.log	Ignore all .log files
build/	Ignore the build directory (trailing slash = directory only)
!important.log	Negate — do NOT ignore this file
**/logs	Match in any directory depth
doc/*.txt	Match only in doc/ directory (not subdirs)
# comment	Comments start with #

Best Practices

Always ignore .env files — they contain secrets
Ignore node_modules/ and vendor/ — reinstall from lockfiles
Ignore IDE-specific directories (.idea/, .vscode/) unless you share settings
Use !.gitkeep to track empty directories
Add OS files (.DS_Store, Thumbs.db) to your global gitignore instead

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