Misc

• Global .gitignore

Global .gitignore

Set up a global core.excludesfile configuration file and point it to a global .gitignore file located in your home or user directory. Check if you already have this config:

git config --get core.excludesfile

If you have a .gitignore located in your home or user directory:

nix or Windows git bash:

git config --global core.excludesFile '~/.gitignore' 

Windows cmd:

git config --global core.excludesFile "%USERPROFILE%\.gitignore"

Windows PowerShell:

git config --global core.excludesFile "$Env:USERPROFILE\.gitignore" 

For Windows it is set to the location C:\Users\%username%\.gitignore. You can verify that the config value is correct by doing:

git config --global core.excludesFile 

The result should be the expanded path to your user profile's .gitignore. Ensure that the value does not contain the unexpanded %USERPROFILE% string.

Important: The above commands will only set the location of the ignore file that git will use. The file has to still be manually created in that location and populated with the ignore list.