A global git ignore file that ignores all of the most common files we would want to exclude from saving in a VCS

.gitignore

# It's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source because
# git has its own built in compression methods.
*.7z
*.jar
*.rar
*.zip
*.gz
*.bzip
*.bz2
*.xz
*.lzma
*.cab

#packing-only formats
*.iso
*.tar

#package management formats
*.dmg
*.xpi
*.gem
*.egg
*.deb
*.rpm
*.msi
*.msm
*.msp

# DW Dreamweaver added files
_notes
dwsync.xml

*.pydevproject
.metadata
.gradle
bin/
tmp/
*.tmp
*.bak
*.swp
*~.nib
local.properties
.settings/
.loadpath

# External tool builders
.externalToolBuilders/

# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
*.launch

# CDT-specific
.cproject

# PDT-specific
.buildpath

# sbteclipse plugin 
.target

# TeXlipse plugin
.texlipse

# -*- mode: gitignore; -*-
*~
\#*\#
/.emacs.desktop
/.emacs.desktop.lock
*.elc
auto-save-list
tramp
.\#*

# Org-mode
.org-id-locations
*_archive

# flymake-mode
*_flymake.*

# eshell files
/eshell/history
/eshell/lastdir

# elpa packages
/elpa/

# reftex files
*.rel

# AUCTeX auto folder
/auto/

# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm

## Directory-based project format
.idea/
/*.iml
# if you remove the above rule, at least ignore user-specific stuff:
# .idea/workspace.xml
# .idea/tasks.xml
# .idea/dictionaries
# and these sensitive or high-churn files:
# .idea/dataSources.ids
# .idea/dataSources.xml
# .idea/sqlDataSources.xml
# .idea/dynamic.xml
# and, if using gradle::
# .idea/gradle.xml
# .idea/libraries

## File-based project format
*.ipr
*.iws

## Additional for IntelliJ
out/

# generated by mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
.idea_modules/

# generated by JIRA plugin
atlassian-ide-plugin.xml

# generated by Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and Intellij)
com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml

*~

# KDE directory preferences
.directory

# Notepad++ backups #
*.bak

.DS_Store
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride

# Icon must end with two \r
Icon


# Thumbnails
._*

# Files that might appear on external disk
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes

# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
.AppleDB
.AppleDesktop
Network Trash Folder
Temporary Items
.apdisk

# SVN 
.svn/

# workspace files are user-specific
*.sublime-workspace

# project files should be checked into the repository, unless a significant
# proportion of contributors will probably not be using SublimeText
# *.sublime-project

#sftp configuration file
sftp-config.json

# TextMate
*.tmproj
*.tmproject
tmtags

# Windows image file caches
Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db

# Folder config file
Desktop.ini

# Recycle Bin used on file shares
$RECYCLE.BIN/

# Windows Installer files
*.cab
*.msi
*.msm
*.msp

#vim
[._]*.s[a-w][a-z]
[._]s[a-w][a-z]
*.un~
Session.vim
.netrwhist
*~