I started TheOdinProject on Ubuntu 18.4 and in the Git section it tells me to edit the .gitignore file. I already created it using touch .gitignore and it is showing up when i type ls -la but I don't see it in Files. In the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVsySz-h9r4 that is referenced the file is already open and there isn't an explanation on how to open it.
How do I open the .gitignore file from Terminal in order to add something like .DS_Store in it?
How to edit gitignore file
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.gitignore files are hidden on *nix operating systems because of their dot prefix (link). However you can access them as normal from the shell. e.g. nano .gitignore.
ls -lah (the h flag is for hidden files)
You can open and edit it with any terminal text editor (or GUI code text editor)
You need need to even use any editor(Vi or GUI based) to simply add the .DS_Store in your newly created .gitignore file, following are the screen-shot of commands, which I just did on my new repo to explain you better.
Step 1, to see the hidden .gitignore file, use the ls -la command, which would show the file as below
Step 2: Add .DS_Store to your .gitignore file, use below commands
echo .DS_Store >> .gitignore
Step 3. check the content of .gitignore file
cat .gitignore
The below image shows adding and checking the content of .gitignore.
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