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| # Miscellaneous | |
| ## .gitignore | |
| HTML5 Boilerplate includes a basic project-level `.gitignore`. This should | |
| primarily be used to avoid certain project-level files and directories from | |
| being kept under source control. Different development-environments will | |
| benefit from different collections of ignores. | |
| OS-specific and editor-specific files should be ignored using a "global | |
| ignore" that applies to all repositories on your system. | |
| For example, add the following to your `~/.gitconfig`, where the `.gitignore` | |
| in your HOME directory contains the files and directories you'd like to | |
| globally ignore: | |
| ```gitignore | |
| [core] | |
| excludesfile = ~/.gitignore | |
| ``` | |
| * More on global ignores: http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ | |
| * Comprehensive set of ignores on GitHub: https://github.com/github/gitignore | |