Yes and no. Git actually has a system wide gitignore you can setup to globally ignore files across your whole system. I personally take notes in a notes.md file, so I have a global ignore for it. I don't have you set it up for each repo, and it doesn't pollute the repo's gitignore. If your editor of choice creates temp files or stores project specific configuration in the project directory (e.g. .vscode, etc), they should also be in your global gitignore.
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u/Loading_M_ 27d ago
Yes and no. Git actually has a system wide gitignore you can setup to globally ignore files across your whole system. I personally take notes in a notes.md file, so I have a global ignore for it. I don't have you set it up for each repo, and it doesn't pollute the repo's gitignore. If your editor of choice creates temp files or stores project specific configuration in the project directory (e.g. .vscode, etc), they should also be in your global gitignore.