SYSCONF16

Creating a Global .gitignore on Windows & macOS

Prerequisites

1. Ensure that Git is installed and functioning on the target machine
2. Perform the following tasks to confirm
1. Finder > Applications > Utilities > click "Terminal" on macOS, or Start Menu > Windows System > right-click "Command Prompt" > More > click "Run as administrator"
2. Copy and paste git --version git version into the Terminal or Command Prompt and hit the enter key
3. The application should respond with git version 2.XX.X ____

On macOS

1. Copy and paste touch ~/.gitignore_global into the Terminal then hit the enter key
2. Open Finder and navigate to /Users/$USER, then hit "command + shift + ." on your keyboard to enable hidden files
3. Double-click ".gitignore_global", enter and save the following text, then exit
• .DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db
4. Copy and paste git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global into the Terminal then hit the enter key
5. Exit

On Windows

1. Copy and paste nul > %USERPROFILE%\.gitignore_global into Command Prompt then hit the enter key
2. Open Explorer, copy and paste%USERPROFILE%into the address bar and hit the enter key
3. Right-click ".gitignore_global", then click "Open With" and choose "Notepad" from the list
4. Enter and save the following text, then exit
• .DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db
5. Copy and paste git config --global core.excludesfile %USERPROFILE%\.gitignore_global into Command Prompt then hit the enter key
6. Exit