GIT guidelines, global ignore, config, etc. files

.gitconfig

[core]
	autocrlf = input
	whitespace = cr-at-eol
	excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
	fileMode = false
	editor = code
[user]
	name = <Name Here>
	email = <Email Here>
[color]
	ui = auto
[color "branch"]
	current = yellow reverse
	local = yellow
	remote = green
[color "diff"]
	meta = cyan dim
	frag = magenta bold
	old = red dim
	new = green dim
	whitespace = red reverse
[color "status"]
	added = yellow
	changed = green
	untracked = cyan
[push]
	default = current
[diff]
	tool = diffmerge
	guitool = diffmerge
[merge]
	tool = diffmerge
[difftool]
	prompt = false
[alias]
	unstage = reset HEAD --
	deleteremotebranch = push origin --delete 
	deletelocalbranch = branch -D
	fco = "!f() { git fetch origin $1 && git checkout $1; }; f"
	co = checkout
	br = branch
	ci = commit
	st = status
	eci = commit --allow-empty
	tabularlog = log --pretty=format:\"%C(yellow)%h %Cblue%>(12)%ad %Cgreen%<(7)%aN%Cred%d %Creset%s\"
	pullthisbranch = !git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
	rename = "!f() { git branch -m $1 $2 && git push origin --delete $1 && git push origin -u $2; }; f"
	renameTo = git branch -m old_branch new_branch && git push origin --delete :old_branch && git push origin -u new_branch
	autocommit = commit --no-edit
	autopushall = !git add . && git commit --no-edit && git push
	remotemerge = "!f() { git pull origin $1 --no-edit && git push; }; f"
	fork = "!f() { git co -b $1 && git reset --hard origin/$2; }; f"
	coa = !git add -A && git commit -m
[auto]
	crlf = input
[core]
	editor = code --wait
[pull]
	rebase = false

.gitignore

# environment variables
.env

# compiled code
build/

# test coverage report
coverage/

# application logs
logs/

# editor files
.vscode/*
*.sublime*

# Optional OS related files
## Mac
**/.DS_Store

# Data Mapper model generation from database using ORM
output/

# JS specific
## project dependencies
node_modules/
## Optional npm cache directory
.npm/
## NPM debug log
npm-debug.log
npm-shrinkwrap.json
## TypeScript incremental build
*.tsbuildinfo
## Eslint cache
.eslintcache

git-branching-guidelines.md

With REFERENCE to

Protected Branches

production

production -> qa [integrated testing]

qa → demo [Investors, Internal Stakeholders, etc when code freeze is done and changes are stable]

qa -> uat [regression test bed]

qa → dev [developer unit testing]

dev → staging [external integration testing, etc]

Production Hotfix

production -> hotfixhotfix -> production

Merge Flow

features / fixes -> dev -> qa -> prod

Note

Branches should be in sync always but can diverge tentatively in case of urgency like hot-fixes or unstable branches