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I am very new to Git and am trying to use a .gitignore file. I have an Xcode project which includes many CocoaPods and Nodejs modules. I want all these files to be ignored, but I'm not sure how to create a .gitignore file and how to specify which files to ignore. Somebody please help.

Nikhil Sridhar
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  • Possible duplicate of [Git ignore file for Xcode projects](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49478/git-ignore-file-for-xcode-projects) – phd Apr 15 '18 at 22:47

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First, you can simply copy a .gitignore file from gitignore.io:

https://www.gitignore.io/api/xcode

Second, make sure those files were not already added to the index.
Do a git check-ignore -v -- a/file/I/want/ignored: if it returns nothing, then remove it from the index (git rm --cached a/file/I/want/ignored) and try again.

VonC
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