Add .env to gitignore for dotenv files #4747
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds .env file patterns to the Dotnet.gitignore template to prevent environment variable files from being committed to version control. This is a security best practice since .env files commonly contain sensitive configuration data like API keys and database credentials.
- Adds .env* pattern to ignore all dotenv files and variants
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Reasons for making this change
.env files are commonly used to hold "secrets" so it is important to ignore these files for git.
Links to documentation supporting these rule changes
Many of the other .gitignores here include an entry for .env files:
https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agithub%2Fgitignore%20.env&type=code
If this is a new template
Link to application or project’s homepage: TODO
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