Git - ignoring files using .gitignore

When you work on a project with Git, sometimes you don't want Git to track certain files, what you can do is edit .gitignore file so that Git knows the files listed in .gitignore should not be tracked. You should use .gitignore to keep annoying irrelevant files out of your development process.

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Familiarize yourself with Git

Make sure you are acquaint with all the basic commands in the following link so that you don't waste your time on looking up Git commands ...

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html