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title: Ignoring things globally
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date: 2024-01-28
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permalink: archive/2024/01/28/ignoring-things-globally
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Have you wanted to ignore things globally? Git has a setting for that.
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- software-development
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- git
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---
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Yesterday's email was about repository-specific .gitignore files and different ways to write them.
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But there's a setting that most people don't know about, where you can configure a global `.gitignore` file.
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## What I use it for
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Whilst it doesn't replace repository-specific files, it's good for operating system-specific files - such as `.DS_Store` files on macOS.
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I have a convention where I have a `.ignored` directory in a project, and everything in it should be ignored by Git.
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Instead of adding this to every `.gitignore` file, and because it's specific to me, it's a good choice for a global ignore file.
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Anything that affects multiple users - such as ignoring `vendor` or `node_modules` should still be set in each repository.
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## How do you add it?
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Add this to your `~/.gitconfig` or `~/.config/git/config` file to set the path for your global ignore file:
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```plain
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[core]
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excludesFile = "~/.config/git/ignore"
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```
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Then, create the file and add what you want to ignore everywhere.
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Just remember this is specific to you, and if others have something you've ignored globally and they haven't, they could still add and commit it.
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