Lengthy extensive .gitignore for Django / Python projects.

Django Project .gitignore

# Django Recommended
*.egg-info
*.pot
*.py[co]
__pycache__
MANIFEST
dist/
docs/_build/
docs/locale/
node_modules/
tests/coverage_html/
tests/.coverage
build/
tests/report/

# Sensitive Data
credentials.py
credentials.pyc

# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
*$py.class

# C extensions
*.so

# Distribution / packaging
django-env/
.Python
env/
build/
develop-eggs/
dist/
downloads/
eggs/
.eggs/
lib/
lib64/
parts/
sdist/
var/
*.egg-info/
.installed.cfg
*.egg
assets/ # The directory set as STATIC_ROOT where Apache creates new static files on live web servers.

# PyInstaller
#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
*.manifest
*.spec

# Installer logs
pip-log.txt
pip-delete-this-directory.txt

# Unit test / coverage reports
htmlcov/
.tox/
.coverage
.coverage.*
.cache
nosetests.xml
coverage.xml
*,cover
.hypothesis/

# Translations
*.mo
*.pot

# Django 
*.log

# Sphinx documentation
docs/_build/

# PyBuilder
target/

#Ipython Notebook
.ipynb_checkpoints