Magento 1 .gitignore file

.gitignore

# Various IDE & OS files that should never be committed
.DS_Store
*.swp
*.lock
__MACOSX
.idea
/nbproject/*
.project
.buildpath
.thumbs
Thumbs.db
build.properties
.project
.settings
.buildpath
/_notes/*

# Never save database creditentials in your repo. Keep a dummy copy with a different name eg "local.xml.dev" 
app/etc/local.xml

# Downloader 
downloader/*

# All of the var folders can be excluded.
var/*
!var/.htaccess

# Remove generated files
includes/*
!includes/.htaccess

# Don't include media 
media/*

# Composer
composer/*

# Generated
generated/*

# Includes
includes/*

# Explicitly mark as "do not exclude/ignore these from GIT repository"
!/app/.htaccess
!/downloader/.htaccess
!/downloader/template/.htaccess
!/errors/.htaccess
!/includes/.htaccess
!/lib/.htaccess
!/media/.htaccess
!/media/mgt_developertoolbar/*
!/media/customer/.htaccess
!/media/downloadable/.htaccess
!/pkginfo/.htaccess
!/var/.htaccess
!var/package/