“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

in cmd,just type

 echo. 2>.name_you_want

or

. 2>.name_you_want

to create file.

if creating a dir,just type

mkdir .folder_name_you_want