title: Forward slash in Gitignore files
body: <p>I came across a very weird thing about gitignore files that they happen to use forward slash for denoting a particular directory</p>
  
  <pre><code>Project/module1/cppfiles
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Rather than the usual backslash normally used in command prompt  for denoting a particular directory.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Project\module1\cppfiles
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is this completely syntactical or it has some reason behind it?</p>