Complete Git Guide: Understand and Master Git and GitHub - Committing Previously Ignored Files

The video tutorial covers the creation and application of .gitignore rules, including ignoring single files, directories, and using wildcards. It demonstrates how to commit a previously ignored file by renaming it, making it tracked, and pushing changes to a remote repository. The tutorial also shows how to ensure a clean working state using git status and concludes with a brief introduction on ignoring previously committed files.

What are the basic rules for creating gitignore rules?

How can you commit a previously ignored file in Git?

What happens when you try to commit changes to a file that is ignored?

Describe the process of making a previously ignored file tracked by Git.

What steps would you take to ignore a previously committed file?