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# Configure Global gitignore File
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There are some files that you know you'll never want tracked by git. You don't
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even want them showing up as an option. For these files, it can be nice to
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specify them in a global `.gitignore` file. Then you don't need to specify them
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for each project.
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This can be configured in `~/.gitconfig` under the `core` settings as
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`excludesFile`.
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```
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[core]
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excludesFile = ~/.gitignore
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```
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Then, create `~/.gitignore` (that's as good a place as any to put it).
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```
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# global .gitignore
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.DS_Store
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wip_notes.md
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```
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You'll now notice that for any git project, the files you listed won't be
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showing up in the untracked list.
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You can also add this to your `~/.gitconfig` with this one-line command.
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```bash
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$ git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
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```
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See `man git-config` and search `core.excludesFile` for more details.
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