Posted by: nerdgerl on: August 2, 2010
You can ignore files on a project level or have a global ignore file. Git will recursively ignore the specified file patterns.
1. Create a file in a safe location that wont be deleted easily.
$ vi ~/.gitignore_global
2. Add the following commonly ignored files and directories.
# Eclipse #
target/
bin/
bin-debug/
.svn/
html-template/
# 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
# OS generated files #
######################
.DS_Store
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db
Ignoring a directory in git: directoryName/
Ignore a file in git: *.jar or .DS_Store
3. The last step you need to do is associate this file in the git config.
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
This will create an entry in your ~/.gitconfig file.
Reference:
Git Ignore Doco
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