Git Commands [.gitignore file]

1. cd to your working directory
2. touch .gitignore : create a file called .gitignore 
3. ls -a : view hidden file inside console
4. open .gitignore : Open file and include the filename to be ignored
5. git init : Initialised git   
   
6. git status : to check what files are inside the staging area
7. git add [filename.txt] : add files to the staging area
8. git status : to check what files are inside the staging area
9. git commit -m “initial files” : commit files in the version control  

Inside the .gitignore file

• add files that wanna be ignored when adding and commit to git
• # for commenting
• *.txt : all the files with txt extension will be ignored