A reference .gitignore file for Magento 1.* projects

.gitignore

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# .gitignore version 1.0-beta
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# For the reference see the folder structure here:
# http://measure9.varkel.net/2013/10/setting-up-magento-development-environment-step-by-step-part-3-naming-and-structure/
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# System files, special files
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.DS_Store
._*
.AppleDouble
.DS_Store
.VolumeIcon.icns
.fseventsd
.svn/
Icon^M

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# Most used IDE project folders
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/nbproject/private
/.project
/.settings
/.idea

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# Magento sessions, caches and configurations
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/public/var/*
/public/downloader/pearlib/cache/
/public/downloader/.cache
/public/downloader/cache.cfg
/public/downloader/connect.cfg
/public/includes/

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# But you'd still want to have information about installed extensions
# and packages
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!/public/var/package/
!/public/var/connect/
/public/var/package/tmp

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# Environment specific configuration files
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/public/app/etc/local.xml
/public/errors/local.xml

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# Media should not be versioned in the main project
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/public/media/

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# Working files under database dumps
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/database/dumps/*

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# Helps to keep your production branch clean
# if you have published Google sitemaps
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/public/sitemaps/