gitignore.notes

* // ---------- GIT IGNORE FILE ---------- // *
The file should be placed in the project directory:
project/.gitignore 

// List of rules to determine which files to ignore
// Changes made to ignored files will be ignored by Git

* // ---------- GIT IGNORE METHODS ---------- // *
# Pattern Matching (basic regular expressions)
* ? [aeiou] [0-9]

# Ignore all files in the logs directory ending it .txt:
logs\*.txt

# Negative expressions
*.php // Ignore all files that end in .php
!index.php 
// but, do not ignore index.php

# Ignore all files in a directory with a trailing slash:
e.g. assets\videos\

# This is a comment in the .gitignore file

# Ignore tracked file
git rm --cached <file>
//Git will say it is removing it but it actually isn't

* // ---------- SUGGESTIONS ---------- // *
Suggestions:
    - Ignore compiled source compiled
    - packages and compressed files
    - Logs and databases
    - Operating system generated files
    - User-uploaded assets (images, PDFs, videos)