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What is .gitignore?

A .gitignore file tells Git which files and directories to ignore when tracking changes. Files listed in .gitignore are not staged, committed, or pushed to remote repositories. This keeps your repository clean and prevents sensitive files (like .env) or generated artifacts (like node_modules/) from being accidentally committed.

Best practices

Always ignore .env and .env.local files to keep secrets out of your repo
Ignore node_modules/, __pycache__/, and other dependency directories
Include OS-specific files (.DS_Store on macOS, Thumbs.db on Windows) for cross-platform teams
Add build output directories (dist/, build/, .next/) since these are generated from source