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in .gitignore what is the difference between using
/bin
and
bin/
And how would I make it so that it removes a certain file, no matter where it is?
*/*.ext
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A . gitignore file is a plain text file where each line contains a pattern for files/directories to ignore. Generally, this is placed in the root folder of the repository, and that's what I recommend. However, you can put it in any folder in the repository and you can also have multiple .
gitignore , you can tell Git to ignore only a single file or a single folder by mentioning the name or pattern of that specific file or folder. You can also tell Git to ignore multiple files or folders using the same method.
gitignore file tells Git which files to ignore when committing your project to the GitHub repository. gitignore is located in the root directory of your repo. / will ignore directories with the name.
gitignore file is usually placed in the repository's root directory. However, you can create multiple . gitignore files in different subdirectories in your repository.
I tested the cases and also some more ones and here you can review the results:
EDIT: Corrected according to @Dan Breen's comment below (thanks!)
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