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Git Ignore Strategy

Key Principles

Patterns are recursive by default
Avoid inline comments in .gitignore
Keep rules minimal and explicit
Never rely on .gitignore for already-tracked files

Common Patterns

Pattern	Meaning
target/	Ignore Rust build artifacts
node_modules/	Ignore Node dependencies
*.log	Ignore logs anywhere

Gotchas

.gitignore does NOT remove tracked files
Use git rm --cached to untrack
Use git check-ignore -v <file> to debug

Environment Files

.env → ignored
.env.example → should be committed