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# A collection of `.gitignore` templates
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This is GitHub’s collection of [`.gitignore`][man] file templates.
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We use this list to populate the `.gitignore` template choosers available
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in the GitHub.com interface when creating new repositories and files.
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For more information about how `.gitignore` files work, and how to use them,
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the following resources are a great place to start:
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- The [Ignoring Files chapter][chapter] of the [Pro Git][progit] book.
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- The [Ignoring Files article][help] on the GitHub Help site.
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- The [gitignore(5)][man] manual page.
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[man]: http://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
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[help]: https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files
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[chapter]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Recording-Changes-to-the-Repository#Ignoring-Files
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[progit]: http://git-scm.com/book
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## Folder structure
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The files in the root directory are for `.gitignore` templates that are
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project specific, such as language or framework specific templates.
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Global (operating system or editor specific) templates should go into the
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[`Global/`](./Global) directory.
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## Contributing guidelines
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We’d love for you to help us improve this project. To help us keep this collection
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high quality, we request that contributions adhere to the following guidelines.
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- **Provide a link to the application or project’s homepage**. Unless it’s
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extremely popular, there’s a chance the maintainers don’t know about or use
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the language, framework, editor, app, or project your change applies to.
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- **Provide links to documentation** supporting the change you’re making.
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Current, canonical documentation mentioning the files being ignored is best.
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If documentation isn’t available to support your change, do the best you can
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to explain what the files being ignored are for.
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- **Explain why you’re making a change**. Even if it seems self-evident, please
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take a sentence or two to tell us why your change or addition should happen.
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It’s especially helpful to articulate why this change applies to *everyone*
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who works with the applicable technology, rather than just you or your team.
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- **Please consider the scope of your change**. If your change is specific to a
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certain language or framework, then make sure the change is made to the
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template for that language or framework, rather than to the template for an
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editor, tool, or operating system.
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- **Please only modify *one template* per pull request**. This helps keep pull
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requests and feedback focused on a specific project or technology.
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In general, the more you can do to help us understand the change you’re making,
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the more likely we’ll be to accept your contribution quickly.
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If a template is mostly a list of files installed by a particular version of
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some software (e.g. a PHP framework) then it's brittle and probably no more
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helpful than a simple `ls`. If it's not possible to curate a small set of
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useful rules, then the template might not be a good fit for this collection.
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Please also understand that we can’t list every tool that ever existed.
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Our aim is to curate a collection of the *most common and helpful* templates,
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not to make sure we cover every project possible. If we choose not to
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include your language, tool, or project, it’s not because it’s not awesome.
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## Contributing workflow
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Here’s how we suggest you go about proposing a change to this project:
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1. [Fork this project][fork] to your account.
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2. [Create a branch][branch] for the change you intend to make.
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3. Make your changes to your fork.
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4. [Send a pull request][pr] from your fork’s branch to our `master` branch.
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Using the web-based interface to make changes is fine too, and will help you
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by automatically forking the project and prompting to send a pull request too.
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[fork]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/
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[branch]: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository
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[pr]: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/
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## License
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[CC0-1.0](./LICENSE).
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