General .gitignore template

.gitignore

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#.gitignore       #
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# Compiled source #
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*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so

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# Packages #
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# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
# git has its own built in compression methods
*.7z
*.dmg
*.gz
*.iso
*.jar
*.rar
*.tar
*.zip

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# SO files #
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.DS_Store
ehthumbs.db
Icon?
Thumbs.db

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# log files #
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log/**/*
*.log
*.sqlite

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# temporary files #
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tmp/**/* 
*.tmp
*.temp

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# ruby files #
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*.gem
*.rbc
.bundle
.config
coverage
InstalledFiles
lib/bundler/man
pkg
rdoc
spec/reports
test/tmp
test/version_tmp
tmp

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# YARD artifacts #
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.yardoc
_yardoc
doc/

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# rails files #
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*.rbc
*.sassc
.sass-cache
capybara-*.html
.rspec
/.bundle
/vendor/bundle
/log/*
/tmp/*
/db/*.sqlite3
/public/system/*
/coverage/
/spec/tmp/*
**.orig
config/*.yml
rerun.txt
pickle-email-*.html