Ignore .env and specific folders in Git

.gitignore

# Ignore everything in this directory (place in the directory you want to ignore)
*
# Except this file
!.gitignore

ignore.sh

# https://bcodes.io/blog/post/git-commit-config-files-but-ignore-future-changes

touch .env
git add .env
git commit -m "Add empty .env"
git push origin master
git update-index --skip-worktree .env