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 ## Configuring ignored files for a single repository
 
 You can create a `.gitignore` file in your repository's root directory to tell Git which files and directories to ignore when you make a commit.
-To share the ignore rules with other users who clone the repository, commit the `.gitignore` file in to your repository.
+To share the ignore rules with other users who clone the repository, commit the `.gitignore` file into your repository.
 
 GitHub maintains an official list of recommended `.gitignore` files for many popular operating systems, environments, and languages in the "github/gitignore" public repository. You can also use gitignore.io to create a `.gitignore` file for your operating system, programming language, or IDE. For more information, see [github/gitignore](https://github.com/github/gitignore) and the [gitignore.io](https://www.gitignore.io/) site.