Why is gitignore not working even after i put the file name in?

Question

I have a file called sohuku.txt. I have another folder named .gitignore.txt inside which I have put 'sohuku.txt', but when I type 'git add .' in PowerShell and then type git status, it shows the file in changes to be committed. what to do?

Answer 1

create .gitignore file in your root / directory without any extension.

/
  src
     index.js
  .gitignore

want to remove the .txt files, just add in the .gitignore file

*.txt

and remove the old commit:

$ git reset HEAD~                                          
<< edit files as necessary >>                              
$ git add ...                                              
$ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD

Undo git to learn more