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Clarified that a successful "touch .gitignore" gives no output.
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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ GitHub maintains an official list of recommended *.gitignore* files for many pop
$ touch .gitignore
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If the command succeeds, it won't output anything.
For an example *.gitignore* file, see "[Some common .gitignore configurations](https://gist.github.com/octocat/9257657)" in the Octocat repository.
If you want to ignore a file that is already checked in, you must untrack the file before you add a rule to ignore it. From your terminal, untrack the file.