feat: ensure .gitignore file in generated app (#50)

* feat: ensure .gitignore file in generated app It is impossible to deploy `.gitignore` files via npm packages. Instead, Cordova templates should include `gitignore` files that will be renamed to `.gitignore` by `cordova-create@>=3`. For more details see apache/cordova-discuss#69. * docs: add paragraph about .gitignore files
apache · Nov 13, 2019 · 4046a69 · 4046a69
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@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ This `package.json` holds *information about the template itself* like its name,
 All files inside of `template_src` compose the template from which a user would desire in order to create their project. Everything in this folder is copied over to the created project.
 
 The package.json in `template_src` should be filled with information that describes *the project that would be created from the template*.
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+If you want to include `.gitignore` files in your template, you have to name them `gitignore` (without a leading dot) instead. They will be renamed to `.gitignore` upon template expansion.
diff --git a/template_src/.gitignore → template_src/gitignore b/template_src/.gitignore → template_src/gitignore