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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsHow to push your files in folder to git
I just completed Git Basic course and was hoping to know how to upload selective folder in my web projects to repo at GitHub. There are million of files in my folder but i want selective files/folder to be uploaded.
1 Answer
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherAmmar;
Are you looking at only having certain files/folder in a project on a consistent basis or will it change for each push?
If, for example, you have items you will never want pushed, but are a part of your local project you can make a .gitignore file and git will, yup you guessed it, ignore them. Very useful for things like local settings, security info, etc. An accepted practice if there are files that someone else might need to work on your project is to include sure information in a README.md file in your project root.
Hope it helps.
Ken
ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Pointsammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsQuestion is how, a example would be good.
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherKen Alger
Treehouse TeacherLike I mentioned, create a
.gitignorefile. List the files and folders inside it that you do not want tracked by git. Keep the.gitignorefile in the root directory of your project and they won't be tracked.For example, if you don't want a
password.jsonfile and amy_settingsfolder included in git tracking, your.gitignorewould look something like:If you have additional questions, you can take a look at the gitignore Documentation
Happy coding,
Ken