# creates gitignore file
$ touch .gitignore# Don't track content of these folders
node_modules/
someOtherfoler/
# Compiled source #
###################
*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so
*.so
# Packages #
############
# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
# git has its own built in compression methods
*.7z
*.dmg
*.gz
*.iso
*.jar
*.rar
*.tar
*.zip
echo "function gi() { curl -L -s https://www.gitignore.io/api/\$@ ;}" >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile$ touch .gitignore#Linux
$ touch .gitignore
#Windows
cd c:\<your path>
notepad .gitignore
#Accept the prompt to create the file, edit the contents accordingly, save and close.The purpose of gitignore files is to ensure that certain files not tracked by git remain untracked.