Applied Computing Foundations

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What does `Repos` mean?

Repos is short for repositories.

A repository (often called a repo) is a folder that contains:

Typically, every project lives in its own repository folder. All repositories are stored together inside a single folder named Repos.

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Files that start with a dot (.) are usually configuration files. They don't contain project content; they describe how the project should behave.

These three files belong in nearly every professional repository:

This file helps different editors agree on things like:

It prevents formatting noise when people use different tools.

This file helps Git handle files correctly on:

It prevents problems caused by different line endings and file-handling rules.

This file tells Git which files not to track, such as:

It helps keep repositories clean, safe, and shareable.