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96 lines
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- value: '2025-05-11T09:00:20+00:00'
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- value: 'Ignoring things globally'
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- value: '2024-01-28T00:00:00+00:00'
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<p>Yesterday's email was about repository-specific .gitignore files and different ways to write them.</p>
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<p>But there's a setting that most people don't know about, where you can configure a global <code>.gitignore</code> file.</p>
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<h2 id="what-i-use-it-for">What I use it for</h2>
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<p>Whilst it doesn't replace repository-specific files, it's good for operating system-specific files - such as <code>.DS_Store</code> files on macOS.</p>
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<p>I have a convention where I have a <code>.ignored</code> directory in a project, and everything in it should be ignored by Git.</p>
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<p>Instead of adding this to every <code>.gitignore</code> file, and because it's specific to me, it's a good choice for a global ignore file.</p>
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<p>Anything that affects multiple users - such as ignoring <code>vendor</code> or <code>node_modules</code> should still be set in each repository.</p>
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<h2 id="how-do-you-add-it%3F">How do you add it?</h2>
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<p>Add this to your <code>~/.gitconfig</code> or <code>~/.config/git/config</code> file to set the path for your global ignore file:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-plain">[core]
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excludesFile = "~/.config/git/ignore"
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</code></pre>
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<p>Then, create the file and add what you want to ignore everywhere.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Yesterday's email was about repository-specific .gitignore files and different ways to write them.</p>
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<p>But there's a setting that most people don't know about, where you can configure a global <code>.gitignore</code> file.</p>
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<h2 id="what-i-use-it-for">What I use it for</h2>
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<p>Whilst it doesn't replace repository-specific files, it's good for operating system-specific files - such as <code>.DS_Store</code> files on macOS.</p>
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<p>I have a convention where I have a <code>.ignored</code> directory in a project, and everything in it should be ignored by Git.</p>
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<p>Instead of adding this to every <code>.gitignore</code> file, and because it's specific to me, it's a good choice for a global ignore file.</p>
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<p>Anything that affects multiple users - such as ignoring <code>vendor</code> or <code>node_modules</code> should still be set in each repository.</p>
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<h2 id="how-do-you-add-it%3F">How do you add it?</h2>
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<p>Add this to your <code>~/.gitconfig</code> or <code>~/.config/git/config</code> file to set the path for your global ignore file:</p>
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<pre><code class="language-plain">[core]
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excludesFile = "~/.config/git/ignore"
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</code></pre>
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<p>Then, create the file and add what you want to ignore everywhere.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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