Git ignore file
disallowing files onto the public repo
In most cases, we do not wish to include some files onto the public repo for at least two reasons:
a file contains a personal information such as an ID number of API key
the files are in the
node_modulesfolder
To prevent git from pushing these files onto the public repo, we create a special .gitignore file on the root folder of our projects!
Files to exclude
Common to most projects and libraries are files containing environment variables and node modules:
Why node_modules?
We place node_modules in .gitignore not because we have anything to hide, but because:
the folder tends to take up a lot of space!
the
package.jsonalready lists whichnode_modulesto installwhen someone decides to clone the repo and run
npm install, thepackage.jsonwill automatically unpackage thenode_modulesonto their local machine
Library-specific .gitignores
This section is a stub and will expand as I work with other libraries!
Next.js
Exclude the .next folder because it will come with the npm install
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