This week's tip of the week is coming from my old coworker <a href="https://hashnode.com/@citizen428" class="user-mention" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@citizen428</a>. On one my streams on <a target="_blank" href="https://livecoding.ca">livecoding.ca</a>, I show you how you can add a gitignore file to a project via <code>npx gitignore</code>.
{%embed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSq7bSk3WqU" class="autolinkedURL autolinkedURL-url" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=pSq7bSk3WqU</a> %}
Little did I know this is baked into VS Code!
Press <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>P</kbd> (<kbd>CMD</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>P</kbd> on macOS) to open the <a target="_blank" href="https://code.visualstudio.com/api/ux-guidelines/command-palette">command palette</a>.
Type in <code>Add gitignore</code> in the command palette.
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655178342613/nLqoj5aa3.png" alt="Add gitignore typed into VS Code's command palette" />
You'll be presented with a language to generate the gitignore file for.
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655178344089/XZqRnqC75.png" alt="The Add gitignore command in VS Code's command palette prompting the user to select a language to generate the gitignore for" />
And there you go! You have a fresh gitgnore file in your repository now!
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655178345692/9WD2ysjK2.png" alt="gitignore file for node.js generated from the Add gitignore command in VS Code" />
Happy VS Coding!

This week's tip of the week is coming from my old coworker @citizen428. On one my streams on [livecoding.ca](https://livecoding.ca), I show you how you can add a gitignore file to a project via `npx gitignore`.

{%embed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSq7bSk3WqU %}

Little did I know this is baked into VS Code!

Press <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>P</kbd> (<kbd>CMD</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>P</kbd> on macOS) to open the [command palette](https://code.visualstudio.com/api/ux-guidelines/command-palette).

Type in `Add gitignore` in the command palette.

![Add gitignore typed into VS Code's command palette](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655178342613/nLqoj5aa3.png)
 

You'll be presented with a language to generate the gitignore file for.

![The Add gitignore command in VS Code's command palette prompting the user to select a language to generate the gitignore for](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655178344089/XZqRnqC75.png)

And there you go! You have a fresh gitgnore file in your repository now!

![gitignore file for node.js generated from the Add gitignore command in VS Code](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1655178345692/9WD2ysjK2.png)
 
Happy VS Coding!

VS Code Tip of the Week: Add a gitignore via VS Code

I am a Staff Software Engineer at Netlify on the ecosystem team, focusing on front-end technologies and tooling. I also have a growing interest in serverless and edge computing.
