gitignore & Tracking Files — Roadmap Step & Resources
Excluding files from version control and understanding what should never be committed
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Git & GitHub Fundamentals
Before this step
Interview questions
- What kinds of files should almost always go in .gitignore?
Study resources
- gitignore Documentation (Article) — The official Git documentation's full reference for .gitignore syntax.
- gitignore.io (Article) — A hugely popular tool for generating .gitignore files for any language or tool.
Part of
- Git Basics — section
- Git & GitHub Fundamentals roadmap — the full learning path