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ViewsHow to edit gitignore file
I started TheOdinProject on Ubuntu 18.4 and in the Git section it tells me to edit the .gitignore file. I already created it using touch .gitignore and it is showing up when i type ls -la but I don't see it in Files. In the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVsySz-h9r4 that is referenced the file is already open and there isn't an explanation on how to open it.
How do I open the .gitignore file from Terminal in order to add something like .DS_Store in it?
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ls -lah (the h flag is for hidden files)
You can open and edit it with any terminal text editor (or GUI code text editor)
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You need need to even use any editor(Vi or GUI based) to simply add the .DS_Store in your newly created .gitignore file, following are the screen-shot of commands, which I just did on my new repo to explain you better.
Step 1, to see the hidden .gitignore file, use the ls -la command, which would show the file as below
Step 2: Add .DS_Store to your .gitignore file, use below commands
echo .DS_Store >> .gitignore
Step 3. check the content of .gitignore file
cat .gitignore
The below image shows adding and checking the content of .gitignore.
