.gitignore Generator
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- Git ignore patterns · Git 2.55+ pattern documentation · Reviewed
Original stack/editor/OS starter patterns. Git precedence, negation and parent-directory exclusion rules apply; already tracked files remain tracked. Review interval: 180 days.
Choose starter patterns, review their scope and add project-specific overrides. Pattern order is preserved; the last matching pattern wins. Generated files do not remove files already tracked by Git.
3 templates selected. Dependency lockfiles remain tracked by these starters. Review broad patterns such as *.key, build/ or vendor/ for your project.
Ignoring a directory also excludes its children. To re-include a child, allow traversal of its parent first. Git pattern documentation