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configuring a global gitignore
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$ git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
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pwm1234 commented Feb 19, 2015

Running the above git config command will make the following entry in ~/.gitconfig

[core]
    excludesfile = c:/Users/me/.gitignore

You can then put lines like the following in ~/.gitignore to ignore emacs backup files

*.*~

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