Rails - No "Mate" command for .gitignore - Using InstantRails?

Question

Hey guys, This is my first time making an app with any kind of version control and the idea of it sounds awesome. I'm just getting started and using some tutorials to figure it out.

I created my app....

rails example

Then started up git.....

git init

and now I'd like to make an .gitignore file which most tutorials are using

mate .gitinit

Sadly I don't have TextMate, though I see how it is completely awesome...So I'm asking what would be the command to create the .gitignore file within instantrails, which is the environment I've been using? I'm not too experienced with playing around with all this command line stuff.

So yes, my question is how can I make a .gitignore file if I don't have the mate command?

Answer 1

The mate command just opens up TextMate, opening or creating the named file. You can create a .gitignore file using any text editor. Use whatever you normally use for creating and editing text files.

Answer 2

For what it is worth, this blog posting give a great concise example of using gitignore.

http://www.gitready.com/beginner/2009/01/19/ignoring-files.html