What should be in .gitignore?

[idlefrog]

Is there an official template for .gitignore ?

I've only found this: Using Git

[JonB]

@idlefrog
:) For reference, I paste my own .gitignore (Linux development) below. It's somewhat larger than yours ;-) Taken from a template somewhere. Only the last segment, under AtH [I should probably have added release/ too, but I only build for debug], is added by me for my project. As you please.

# C++ objects and libs
*.slo
*.lo
*.o
*.a
*.la
*.lai
*.so
*.so.*
*.dll
*.dylib

# Qt-es
object_script.*.Release
object_script.*.Debug
*_plugin_import.cpp
/.qmake.cache
/.qmake.stash
*.pro.user
*.pro.user.*
*.qbs.user
*.qbs.user.*
*.moc
moc_*.cpp
moc_*.h
qrc_*.cpp
ui_*.h
*.qmlc
*.jsc
Makefile*
*build-*
*.qm
*.prl

# Qt unit tests
target_wrapper.*

# QtCreator
*.autosave

# QtCreator Qml
*.qmlproject.user
*.qmlproject.user.*

# QtCreator CMake
CMakeLists.txt.user*

# QtCreator 4.8< compilation database 
compile_commands.json

# QtCreator local machine specific files for imported projects
*creator.user*

# AtH stuff
*.swp
debug/
saves/

[jsulm]

@idlefrog said in What should be in .gitignore?:

Is there an official template for .gitignore

I don't think so. What you should put there depends on your project and needs.

[J.Hilk]

@idlefrog

2 things come to my mind:

• make sure, that you don't add your build folder, so that all compiler generated files are not tracked.
• the *.user files

[idlefrog]

Thanks @J-Hilk
In the end I just went with:

*.pro.user*

I'll just add to it as I go!

[JonB]

@idlefrog
:) For reference, I paste my own .gitignore (Linux development) below. It's somewhat larger than yours ;-) Taken from a template somewhere. Only the last segment, under AtH [I should probably have added release/ too, but I only build for debug], is added by me for my project. As you please.

# C++ objects and libs
*.slo
*.lo
*.o
*.a
*.la
*.lai
*.so
*.so.*
*.dll
*.dylib

# Qt-es
object_script.*.Release
object_script.*.Debug
*_plugin_import.cpp
/.qmake.cache
/.qmake.stash
*.pro.user
*.pro.user.*
*.qbs.user
*.qbs.user.*
*.moc
moc_*.cpp
moc_*.h
qrc_*.cpp
ui_*.h
*.qmlc
*.jsc
Makefile*
*build-*
*.qm
*.prl

# Qt unit tests
target_wrapper.*

# QtCreator
*.autosave

# QtCreator Qml
*.qmlproject.user
*.qmlproject.user.*

# QtCreator CMake
CMakeLists.txt.user*

# QtCreator 4.8< compilation database 
compile_commands.json

# QtCreator local machine specific files for imported projects
*creator.user*

# AtH stuff
*.swp
debug/
saves/

[idlefrog]

Thanks @JonB, that's much longer & comprehensive compared to my one-liner!
Very helpful!
That' should keep me out of trouble for a good while :)

[JonB]

@idlefrog
As I said, it will have been picked up from some template on the web when I started out. It is doubtless much larger than strictly necessary, like covering tests and QML which I do not even use, and some Qt4 stuff. But it will give you an idea of what might be produced which can be ignored.

[idlefrog]

@JonB It at least gets me somewhere to start from. I doubt I would need to edit it. Thank you!