From 8020d45db771b9dbe50468080b97b0340f0b48f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Preston <robert@kitsch.digital>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:22:42 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] start ignoring me and ignore compiled

---
 .gitignore                | 6 ++++++
 git/ignore_compiled.txt   | 1 +
 git/start_ignoring_me.txt | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 git/ignore_compiled.txt
 create mode 100644 git/start_ignoring_me.txt

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6029bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# this is a comment
+
+# can we ignore any file without an extension?
+
+copy
+out.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/git/ignore_compiled.txt b/git/ignore_compiled.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6f26d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git/ignore_compiled.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+To make git ignore compiled C programs, we put this in the git ignore.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/git/start_ignoring_me.txt b/git/start_ignoring_me.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82f4b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git/start_ignoring_me.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+To make git ignore things, we need a gitignore.
+Here is how to get started with that.
+
+A tool for creating gitignore things: https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/
+
+Of course, there is official documentation for git ignore: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
+