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Example .gitignore file for a JavaScript project

Filed under: Source code management— Tagged with: git

Here’s an example .gitignore file for reference, which contains most of the things that need ignoring in a normal JavaScript project.

The concept of .gitignore file is simple: stuff in it doesn’t get added to Git. Lines starting with # are comments.

Example file

Here’s an example file that I always use:

.env
.env-development
.env-production

# Logs
logs
*.log
npm-debug.log*
yarn-debug.log*
yarn-error.log*

# Dependency directories
node_modules/
jspm_packages/

# Optional npm cache directory
.npm

# Output of 'npm pack'
*.tgz

# Random crap
trash
.DS_Store
.sass-cache
.tmp
.rvmrc
.trashes
*~

# Gatsby related
.cache/
public

# Editor
.vscode
.vscode-test
*.sublime-project
*.sublime-workspace
sftp-config.json

Example .gitignore file for a JavaScript project

Example file

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