Aug 4, 2009 
If you do not want to see Git messages about build directories or miscellaneous scratch files then add them to your .gitignore file. To do so, create the file, add the directories/files and then add the file to git.
E.g.
touch .gitignore
Edit the file to suit your needs and then add/commit.
git add .gitignore git commit .gitignore
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Newbie question… What folder do you run these commands in?
Hey… run them from the base of your local git repository.
You can also put the name of the folder to be ignored into the ‘exclude’ file in ‘.git/info’.
That way, you have all your ignores in one central place and don’t have to commit that change.
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