Answered by : aryan-pegwar

You can ignore entire directories, just by including their paths and putting a / on the end:
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node_modules/
logs/

Source : https://www.pluralsight.com/guides/how-to-use-gitignore-file | Last Update : Wed, 20 May 20

Answered by : vivacious-vicua-vyolryov2xzg

$ echo debug.log >> .gitignore
$ git rm --cached debug.log
rm 'debug.log'
$ git commit -m "Start ignoring debug.log"

Source : https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/saving-changes/gitignore | Last Update : Wed, 10 Jun 20