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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Project Setup Running Our Website

Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
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Posted by Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points

How do you get a .gitignore file?

I am following along the course using Visual Studio. When I followed the steps to create a project I didn't get a .gitignore file. It seems like you would want one and I did notice that the course repo does have one so I know I can get it from there. However, in a typical workflow, how does one get it in the project?

Thanks for the course!

5 Answers

Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points
Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points

I took another look at the video where he creates the project on github. I don't know if I missed it the first time around or if the video was updated, but there is a checkbox in github to create a .gitignore file and that is the way the instructor does it.

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points
jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey RB,

I'm assuming that you already have a git repository set-up but you can simply create a new file and save it as .gitignore.

Here is one I created: link

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Yeah, I follow what Jacob does, you can just create a new file and name it .gitignore

Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points
Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points

Thanks so much for your reply, Jacob.

Yes, I do have a git repository but I noticed that without the gitignore I had 44 or something changes to push to github as opposed to the 11 the instructor had when initially creating the project, so once I added a visual studio appropriate gitignore (for example, I don't think you're supposed to download packages and such) I only had 11 which matches the instructor. Maybe there is some setting that adds a .gitignore anytime you create a project. There seem to be, oh, at least a million different configuration options that I'll have to go through some day....

Thanks again!

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

No problem. It may be worthwhile to checkout the Git course.

Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points
Bernadette Isaacson
Bernadette Isaacson
13,736 Points

I will certainly do that. I have created projects in visual studio and if I check the button to create a local repository then I do get a visual studio specific .gitignore as well as a .gitattributes file automatically generated--I'm more familiar with that workflow. I was just wondering if there was some way to add the auto-generated .gitignore to an already existing project other than copying it from one of my other existing projects.

Thanks! You rock!