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Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsUploading .gitignore to repo
Hi, I made a .gitignore like this https://github.com/mahassan/gitignore but i don't know how to upload it to my repo. so it ignore these files.Can anyone help?
2 Answers
Jeff Wilton
16,646 PointsAssuming you are properly connected to your remote branch, it is the same as adding any other new file:
git add .gitignore
Then commit as usual:
git commit -m "adding .gitignore file" .gitignore
Erik S.
9,789 PointsHi Ammar, What output do you get when you run:
git status .gitignore
ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsErik Schmok Hi, i get the following message "On branch master nothing to commit, working directory clean"
ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Pointsammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsIt tells me "Nothing to commit", can you step ways from connecting to last one?