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What all do you think is the best standard list of ignored files for VCS? For example here's my .gitignore_global file.

# Compiled Sources #
###################
*.pyc
*.pyo
*.exe
*.so
*.o
*.a
*.la
*.dex
*.class
*.elf
*.ko


# Build Enviornment #
#####################
CMakeCache.txt
CMakeFiles


# Packages #
############
*.bz2
*.iso
*.dmg
*.7z
*.tar
*.gz
*.zip
*.apk
*.ap_



# Logs and Databases #
######################
*.log
*.sql
*.sqlite


# OS and Application #
######################
.DS_Store
enthumbs.db
*~
*.sw?
Thumbs.db


# IDE Crap #
############

# Eclipse
.classpath
.project
.metadeta
.pydevproject
.cproject


# KDevelop
*.kdev4


cscope.*
ncscope.*

# Other VCS #
#############
.svn
.hg

!.gitignore

*.old
*.orig
\#*#

Any comments? Things I'm missing? Things that should be there? (I'm sure I'm missing windows ones. Feel free to add them, but I don't dev on windows so I'm going to stay out =] )

I'm trying to keep this as project/language/IDE agnostic as possible. Ie I know the bin and gen folders in android projects should be ignored, but that should go in the .gitignore file in the project imo.

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You aren't going to come up with anything like a “standard” list. Every project is different. My main project at work has a few .exe and .tgz checked in (hint: we didn't build them), and some bin directories. And note that an ignore list not stored within the project is potentially annoying and harmful: you may be forgetting patterns that are needed in the project (annoying other people) and you may be missing some project files (so not getting some of your files committed). – Gilles Apr 21 '11 at 20:40
That's a good point. Maybe instead, is there a way to make "git init" copy a .gitignore template from somewhere? – Falmarri Apr 21 '11 at 21:11

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There is a Github project that has .gitignore files for many different languages and environments.

https://github.com/github/gitignore

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