how to git ignore a file

# creates gitignore file
$ touch .gitignore

You can ignore entire directories, just by including their paths and putting a / on the end:

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node_modules/
logs/

$ echo debug.log >> .gitignore
$ git rm --cached debug.log
rm 'debug.log'
$ git commit -m "Start ignoring debug.log"

git rm -rf --cached .
git add .

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

echo "
bin/**
lib/**
pyvenv.cfg
**.pyc
"  > .gitignore
cat .gitignore