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From: tekkub <tekkub@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:49:41 -0700
Subject: Add gitignore guide

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Ignoring files
+description: How to tell git to ignore files
+categories: "Everyday git"
+---
+
+From time to time there are files you don't want git to track.  There are a few methods of telling git what files to ignore.
+
+.gitignore
+----------
+
+If you create a file in your repo named `.gitignore` git will use its rules when looking at files to commit.  Note that git will **not** ignore a file that was already tracked before a rule was added to this file to ignore it.  In such a case the file must be un-tracked, usually with `git rm --cached filename`
+
+This file can be committed into the repo, thus sharing the rule list with any other users that clone the repo.
+
+Note that you can create a `.gitignore` in any subpath to have its rules applied at that path.  Sometimes an empty `.gitignore` file is used as a placeholder for an empty path, for example to force git to generate a `log/` path for your development environment to use.
+
+Global .gitignore
+-------------
+
+A global .gitignore file can also be used by adding one to your global git config.  For example, you might create the file `~/.gitignore_global` and add some rules to it.  To add this to your config, run `git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global`
+
+Some good rules to add to this file:
+
+<pre>
+# Compiled source #
+###################
+*.com
+*.class
+*.dll
+*.exe
+*.o
+*.so
+
+# Packages #
+############
+# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
+# git has its own built in compression methods
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+
+# Logs and databases #
+######################
+*.log
+*.sql
+*.sqlite
+
+# OS generated files #
+######################
+.DS_Store?
+ehthumbs.db
+Icon?
+Thumbs.db
+</pre>
+
+Repo exclude
+-----------
+
+Local per-repo rules can be added to the `.git/info/exclude` file in your repo.  These rules *are not committed* with the repo so they are not shared with others.  This method can be used for locally-generated files that you don't expect other users to generate, like files created by your editor.
+
+Links
+-----
+
+* [Pro Git](http://progit.org/book/ch2-2.html)
+* [gitignore man page](http://www.kernel.org/pub//software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html)
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