pierdom/git_ignore_files.md

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[Ignore files in git] Remove and ignore specific file names (e.g., .DS_Store files on Macs) from git repositories #git #sysadmin

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To remove all '.DS_STore' files in an existent git repo:

find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch

To permanently ignore '.DS_STore' files in GIT repos:

echo .DS_Store >> ~/.gitignore_global
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

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