In Git, you can use the **`gitignore` file** to specify untracked files that Git should ignore.

Each line in a `gitignore` file specifies a pattern.

In this shot, we will see how you can ignore an entire folder/directory.

# Usage

Create a file called `.gitignore` in your project's directory. In case you already have it, skip this step.

To add a folder/directory to `.gitignore`, include their paths and put a `/` at the end:
```txt
folder_to_ignore/
```

> **Note:** .gitignore ignores *untracked* files. Files already tracked by Git are not affected. To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use `git rm --cached`.

How to add folder to gitignore

Use .gitignore to exclude entire folders by adding their paths with a trailing slash.