Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Basic Git ignore Rules

This video tutorial guides viewers through creating a local Git repository and setting up a .gitignore file. It demonstrates how to initialize a repository, create and modify a .gitignore file using Visual Studio Code, and observe the effects on file tracking. The tutorial covers ignoring specific files and folders, using wildcards and comments in .gitignore, and testing these rules by creating files that should be ignored. The video concludes with a brief mention of setting up a remote repository.

What is the purpose of creating a .gitignore file in a Git repository?

Describe the steps to initialize a new Git repository.

What happens to a file when it is created in the working directory of a Git repository?

What does it mean when a file is marked as 'untracked' in Git?

Explain the significance of the command 'git add' in the context of staging files.

What is the effect of renaming a file that is ignored by the .gitignore file?

How can you ignore all files with a specific extension in a Git repository?