.gitignore Generator
Combine .gitignore rules for your stack, editors and operating system, such as Laravel, Node.js, Python, Go, Terraform, macOS and JetBrains, without duplicates.
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Input
Generate a .gitignore
Output
.gitignore
43 patterns
Duplicates across stacks are written once. Editor and OS files arguably belong in your global ignore (git config --global core.excludesFile ~/.gitignore_global) rather than in every repository. A file already committed stays tracked after it is ignored; git rm --cached <file> stops tracking it.
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About this tool
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What belongs in a project's .gitignore
Dependencies that are installed from a lock file (vendor, node_modules), build output, caches, logs, and local secrets such as .env. Editor and OS files arguably belong in your global ignore instead, set with git config --global core.excludesFile ~/.gitignore_global, so each repository does not have to list every editor its contributors use.
Already committed?
Ignoring a file does not untrack it. git rm --cached path stops tracking it while keeping it on disk. If the file was a secret, it is still in history: rotate the secret first. Pattern syntax, including ! to re-include and a trailing / for directories, is in the gitignore documentation.
