I didn't used Windows for a while,
and now I remember why...
that file is a .gitignore.

Windows is getting even worse day by day.

you can disable that automatic hiding of known extensions...

@romangraef That is literally the first thing you do when you install Windows.

@olback That plus making hidden folders not hidden

The gitignore is so effective that it even ignored its own name.

First thing to do is to enable showing extensions. If you can't do that then it is not windows fault. Windows tries to be friendly to users who most likely don't care if a file is jpg or png as long as they can see the picture. If you are a dev, you can spend 15 seconds to enable that option.

Windows 10:
Meta-Key (widely known as Windows key) + I → Updates and shit → for devs → dev mode → enable all options except for the desktop remote thing

Show extensions
Show hidden and system files.
That will fix the visibility.

Windows is targeted to the masses. If you want it to be a good dev platform get to know it. It can be. I use it and Linux. The right tool for the right job.

You don't know how to thick a checkbox to show extensions and you call yourself a developer? Ah right bullshit about windows make you cool... Of course linux is ready to use without change a single setting for all the different users

@dontbeevil
ehm... have you ever thought (at least for 1 sec) that maybe I don't like to see the extensions of all files?

as you can see other devs wrote their comments avoiding any kind of offense.

the concept of my rant (that maybe you missed) is that explorer should recognize where there is an extension and where there is not.

according to the Wikipedia definition of "filename extension":
'is a suffix to the name of a computer file.'

in '.gitignore' there is not a name before the ""extension"".

maybe you can disagree with my rant in this case you can easily ignore it, or downvote me.

@jAsE hope you don't double click a .exe thinking it is a pdf or a folder 😉

@jAsE yeah i do the same.... Looks like it's really hard for most of people here :-)