cmder - I can't create a global gitignore in my terminal. touch ~/.gitignore gives an error

Question

I am trying to create a global .gitignore file with this command:

touch ~/.gitignore

but in my terminal (Cmder) gives this message: "touch: cannot touch '~/.gitignore': No such file or directory"

I have changed to windows terminal default (Command Prompt) and it says: "'touch' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

What I am doing wrong or what can I do to solve this?

Answer 1

You are using linux syntax. Now, even though touch is not understood by cmd prompt, it is a command understood by cmder but expression ~/.gitignore is still linux way of saying things.

What you can do on cmd prompt, I guess also would work on cmder (edit: doesn't seem to work for cmder):

copy con "%USERPROFILE%.gitignore"
[press F6 and enter after that]

For cmder, this could work:

touch "%USERPROFILE%.gitignore"