Global Gitignore Settings

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Set up global gitignore settings to ignore files across all repositories on your system.

Bash:

# Set up global gitignore file
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

# Create the global gitignore file
touch ~/.gitignore_global

# Add patterns to the global gitignore file
echo ".local-tmp/" >> ~/.gitignore_global

# Verify the global gitignore settings
git config --global core.excludesfile
cat ~/.gitignore_global

PowerShell:

# Set up global gitignore file
git config --global core.excludesfile $env:USERPROFILE\.gitignore_global

# Create the global gitignore file
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $env:USERPROFILE\.gitignore_global -Force

# Add patterns to the global gitignore file
Add-Content -Path $env:USERPROFILE\.gitignore_global -Value ".local-tmp/"

# Verify the global gitignore settings
git config --global core.excludesfile
Get-Content -Path $env:USERPROFILE\.gitignore_global