In Git, we can ignore certain files or directories by using a .gitignore file. This is useful when we have files that we don't want to track or include in our repository, like log files or personal configurations. Let's see how we can ignore files in Git:
Step 1: Create a .gitignore file: We start by creating a file named .gitignore in our project's root directory.
Step 2: Specify ignored files: Inside this file, we list the files or directories we want to ignore. For example, to ignore a file named log.txt, we simply add log.txt to our .gitignore. If a file is in a directory, we can specify the directory and file name, like logs/log.txt.
Step 3: Save and commit: After saving our .gitignore, we commit it to our repository. Now, Git will ignore the specified files in future commits.