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Remove all unnecessary git tracking with a global .gitignore file

Creating a Global .gitignore

If we know that every repo on our machine will need to ignore a certain kind of file or folder, we can create a global .gitignore.

  1. In your root directory, create a file called .gitignore_global. The name doesn't really matter but this is suggested.

  2. Inside of the .gitignore_global file, type the name(s) of the file(s)/folder(s) that you would like to be globally ignored.

  3. In the command line type git config -- global core.excludesfile follwed by the path to the .gitignore_global file. This might look like this: git config -- global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global.