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 1 | # `.gitignore`
 2 | 
 3 | Create a `.gitignore` file in your root directory
 4 | 
 5 | ## Ignoring single files
 6 | 
 7 | **Must specify filename and extension**
 8 | 
 9 | ```bash
10 | example.txt
11 | ```
12 | 
13 | ## Keeping single files
14 | 
15 | ```bash
16 | !example.txt
17 | ```
18 | 
19 | ## Multiple files with the same extension
20 | 
21 | ```bash
22 | *.txt
23 | ```
24 | 
25 | ## Multiple files with the same name
26 | 
27 | ```bash
28 | example*
29 | ```
30 | 
31 | ## Folders
32 | 
33 | ```bash
34 | examples/
35 | ```
36 | 
37 | ## Files inside of folders
38 | 
39 | **You can apply the same techniques for multiple files inside the root directory**
40 | 
41 | ```bash
42 | examples/example.txt
43 | ```
44 | 
45 | ## Everything inside of a folder except for some files
46 | 
47 | **When first ignoring the whole folder, you must have a star at the end.**
48 | 
49 | **The star means you are ignoring the files in the folder, while not having a star means that you are ignoring the whole folder**
50 | 
51 | ```bash
52 | examples/*
53 | !examples/example.txt
54 | ```
55 | 
56 | ## Ignoring files in every directory
57 | 
58 | **This ignores all files named example.txt in every folder. You can use the same techniques for ignoring specific names or extensions with this syntax as well.**
59 | 
60 | ```bash
61 | **/example.txt
62 | ```
63 | 
64 | ## Ignoring files only in the root directory
65 | 
66 | **Must include a slash in the beginning**
67 | 
68 | ```bash
69 | /example.txt
70 | ```
71 | 
72 | ## Matching many characters
73 | 
74 | **This ignores files named `Example.txt` and `example.txt`. You can match against as many characters as you like at once.**
75 | 
76 | ```bash
77 | [Ee]xample.txt
78 | ```


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