gitignore
# you might want to hide all the files, this helps if you don't want '.gitignore' showing up in your repo
https://luisdalmolin.dev/blog/ignoring-files-in-git-without-gitignore/#:~:text=To%20ignore%20untracked%20files%2C%20you,tracking%20any%20(untracked)%20file.
# in terminal within the project directory
open .git/info/exclude
# file opens as below with example
# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
# *.[oa]
# *~
example-1.py
example-2.py
example-3.py
example-4.py
# when you use: git add .
# example 1 to 4 files will be ignored
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