Save time using global .gitignore

Sometimes we are ignoring the same files for every projects like .DS_Store or npm-debug.log*,we can save time using a global .gitignore.

Note: Be Keep in mind, that it will change your default behavior in your computer. If you shared project be careful which directories you set into it for example if you add >node_modules/ then you can't add or .vscode.

These steps works in Linux and Mac.

1- Create gitignore in the root path.

touch ~/.gitignore

Edit the .gitignore and include these files you always need to ignore.

.nyc_output
.DS_Store
npm-debug.log*

From terminal configure git where the gitignore file is located.

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

Done!!!

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