“You must type a file name” error thrown, when I create a .gitignore file on Windows

Question

When I try to do this, I get the following error:

Obviously, Windows Explorer doesn\'t allow me to create this type of file patterns. How can I overcome this pr

Answer 1

Use command line instead.
I was also having the same error. The problem was . at the start of file or folder name.
So I created it by command line.