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Global gitignore

A widely used Git feature is to use local .gitignore files which list which names and patterns of files and directories will be ignored within the Git repository.

There is also the possibility to create a system-wide gitignore file which lists patterns that should always be ignored, in all of the user’s Git repositories.

You can point to the file in your Git config via git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global.

The following ~/.gitignore_global file will cause .java-version files to always be ignored within your Git setup:

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# jenv
.java-version

Also have a look at the GitHub documentation.

Published on Java Code Geeks with permission by Sebastian Daschner, partner at our JCG program. See the original article here: Global gitignore

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Sebastian Daschner

Sebastian Daschner is a self-employed Java consultant and trainer. He is the author of the book 'Architecting Modern Java EE Applications'. Sebastian is a Java Champion, Oracle Developer Champion and JavaOne Rockstar.
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