Creating .gitignore on windows

Here is how:

1. -Create the text file gitignore.txt
2. -Open it in a text editor and add your rules, then save and close
3. -Then rename the file in the command line, with ren gitignore.txt .gitignore

Here is the source of this little piece of wisdom:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10744305/how-to-create-gitignore-file