Some files which I usually include within a repo's 'first commit'

.editorconfig

# EditorConfig is awesome: http://EditorConfig.org

# top-most EditorConfig file
root = true

# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file
[*]
charset = utf-8
end_of_line = lf
indent_size = 2
indent_style = space
insert_final_newline = true
max_line_length = 80
trim_trailing_whitespace = true

# Terraform
[*.{tf,tfvars}]
indent_size = 2
indent_style = space

# Matches multiple files with brace expansion notation
# Set default charset
[*.{js,py}]
charset = utf-8

# 4 space indentation
[*.py]
indent_style = space
indent_size = 4

# Tab indentation (no size specified)
[Makefile]
tab_width = 2
indent_style = tab

[*.md]
max_line_length = 0
trim_trailing_whitespace = false

.gitattributes

######################################################################
# Details per file setting:
#   text    These files should be normalized (i.e. convert CRLF to LF).
#   binary  These files are binary and should be left untouched.
#
# Note that binary is a macro for -text -diff.
######################################################################
## AUTO-DETECT
##   Handle line endings automatically for files detected as
##   text and leave all files detected as binary untouched.
##   This will handle all files NOT defined below.
* text=auto eol=lf

*.bat   text eol=crlf
*.sh    text eol=lf
*.js    text
*.jsx   text
*.json  text
*.md    text
*.html  text
*.css   text
*.scss  text
*.sass  text
*.py    text

*.jpg   binary
*.png   binary
*.pdf   binary
*.ico   binary
# SVG treated as an asset (binary) by default. If you want to treat it as text,
# comment-out the following line and uncomment the line after.
*.svg   binary

## DOCKER
*.dockerignore    text
Dockerfile        text

## DOCUMENTATION
*.md          text
*.txt         text
AUTHORS       text
CHANGELOG     text
CHANGES       text
CONTRIBUTING  text
COPYING       text
COPYRIGHT*    text
INSTALL       text
LICENSE       text
NEWS          text
README*       text
TODO          text

## LINTERS
.csslintrc    text
.eslintrc     text
.htmlhintrc   text
.jscsrc       text
.jshintrc     text
.jshintignore text
.stylelintrc  text

## ARCHIVES
*.7z  binary
*.gz  binary
*.jar binary
*.rar binary
*.tar binary
*.zip binary

## .NET
*.cs     diff=csharp

###############################################################################
# Set the merge driver for project and solution files
#
# Merging from the command prompt will add diff markers to the files if there
# are conflicts (Merging from VS is not affected by the settings below, in VS
# the diff markers are never inserted). Diff markers may cause the following
# file extensions to fail to load in VS. An alternative would be to treat
# these files as binary and thus will always conflict and require user
# intervention with every merge. To do so, just comment the entries below and
# uncomment the group further below
###############################################################################

*.sln        text eol=crlf
*.csproj     text eol=crlf
*.vbproj     text eol=crlf
*.vcxproj    text eol=crlf
*.vcproj     text eol=crlf
*.dbproj     text eol=crlf
*.fsproj     text eol=crlf
*.lsproj     text eol=crlf
*.wixproj    text eol=crlf
*.modelproj  text eol=crlf
*.sqlproj    text eol=crlf
*.wmaproj    text eol=crlf

*.xproj      text eol=crlf
*.props      text eol=crlf
*.filters    text eol=crlf
*.vcxitems   text eol=crlf

#*.sln       merge=binary
#*.csproj    merge=binary
#*.vbproj    merge=binary
#*.vcxproj   merge=binary
#*.vcproj    merge=binary
#*.dbproj    merge=binary
#*.fsproj    merge=binary
#*.lsproj    merge=binary
#*.wixproj   merge=binary
#*.modelproj merge=binary
#*.sqlproj   merge=binary
#*.wwaproj   merge=binary

.gitignore

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### Ansible ###
*.retry

### Go ###
# Binaries for programs and plugins
*.exe
*.exe~
*.dll
*.so
*.dylib

# Test binary, built with `go test -c`
*.test

# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
*.out

# Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
# vendor/

### Go Patch ###
/vendor/
/Godeps/

### Hugo ###
# Generated files by hugo
/public/
/resources/_gen/
hugo_stats.json

# Executable may be added to repository
hugo.exe
hugo.darwin
hugo.linux

### macOS ###
# General
.DS_Store
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride

# Icon must end with two \r
Icon


# Thumbnails
._*

# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
.DocumentRevisions-V100
.fseventsd
.Spotlight-V100
.TemporaryItems
.Trashes
.VolumeIcon.icns
.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent

# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
.AppleDB
.AppleDesktop
Network Trash Folder
Temporary Items
.apdisk

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

# C extensions

# Distribution / packaging
.Python
build/
develop-eggs/
dist/
downloads/
eggs/
.eggs/
parts/
sdist/
var/
wheels/
pip-wheel-metadata/
share/python-wheels/
*.egg-info/
.installed.cfg
*.egg
MANIFEST

# 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/
.nox/
.coverage
.coverage.*
.cache
nosetests.xml
coverage.xml
*.cover
*.py,cover
.hypothesis/
.pytest_cache/
pytestdebug.log

# Translations
*.mo
*.pot

# Django stuff:
*.log
local_settings.py
db.sqlite3
db.sqlite3-journal

# Flask stuff:
instance/
.webassets-cache

# Scrapy stuff:
.scrapy

# Sphinx documentation
docs/_build/
doc/_build/

# PyBuilder
target/

# Jupyter Notebook
.ipynb_checkpoints

# IPython
profile_default/
ipython_config.py

# pyenv
.python-version

# pipenv
#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
#   install all needed dependencies.
#Pipfile.lock

# poetry
#poetry.lock

# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
__pypackages__/

# Celery stuff
celerybeat-schedule
celerybeat.pid

# SageMath parsed files
*.sage.py

# Environments
# .env
.env/
.venv/
env/
venv/
ENV/
env.bak/
venv.bak/
pythonenv*

# Spyder project settings
.spyderproject
.spyproject

# Rope project settings
.ropeproject

# mkdocs documentation
/site

# mypy
.mypy_cache/
.dmypy.json
dmypy.json

# Pyre type checker
.pyre/

# pytype static type analyzer
.pytype/

# operating system-related files
# file properties cache/storage on macOS
*.DS_Store
# thumbnail cache on Windows
Thumbs.db

# profiling data
.prof


### SSH ###
**/.ssh/id_*
**/.ssh/*_id_*
**/.ssh/known_hosts

### Terraform ###
# Local .terraform directories
**/.terraform/*

# .tfstate files
*.tfstate
*.tfstate.*

# Crash log files
crash.log

# Ignore any .tfvars files that are generated automatically for each Terraform run. Most
# .tfvars files are managed as part of configuration and so should be included in
# version control.
#
# example.tfvars

# Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
# are not checked in
override.tf
override.tf.json
*_override.tf
*_override.tf.json

# Include override files you do wish to add to version control using negated pattern
# !example_override.tf

# Include tfplan files to ignore the plan output of command: terraform plan -out=tfplan
# example: *tfplan*

### Vim ###
# Swap
[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
!*.svg  # comment out if you don't need vector files
[._]*.sw[a-p]
[._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
[._]ss[a-gi-z]
[._]sw[a-p]

# Session
Session.vim
Sessionx.vim

# Temporary
.netrwhist
*~
# Auto-generated tag files
tags
# Persistent undo
[._]*.un~

### vscode ###
.vscode/*
!.vscode/settings.json
!.vscode/tasks.json
!.vscode/launch.json
!.vscode/extensions.json
*.code-workspace

### Windows ###
# Windows thumbnail cache files
Thumbs.db:encryptable
ehthumbs.db
ehthumbs_vista.db

# Dump file
*.stackdump

# Folder config file
[Dd]esktop.ini

# Recycle Bin used on file shares
$RECYCLE.BIN/

# Windows Installer files
*.cab
*.msi
*.msix
*.msm
*.msp

# Windows shortcuts
*.lnk

### Zsh ###
# Zsh compiled script + zrecompile backup
*.zwc
*.zwc.old

# Zsh completion-optimization dumpfile
*zcompdump*

# Zsh zcalc history
.zcalc_history

# A popular plugin manager's files
._zinit
.zinit_lstupd

# zdharma/zshelldoc tool's files
zsdoc/data

# robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/plugins/per-directory-history plugin's files
# (when set-up to store the history in the local directory)
.directory_history

# MichaelAquilina/zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv plugin's files
# (for Zsh plugins using Python)
.venv

# Zunit tests' output
/tests/_output/*
!/tests/_output/.gitkeep

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README.md

Some useful files to have in the first commit to a repo.

• .gitattributes: Sets line endings and merge settings to help keep things from getting out of hand
• .gitignore: Created using gitignore.io, with some of the basics for cross-platform development teams
• .editorconfig: As long as everyone has EditorConfig installed, this helps keep everyone in sync and try to fend off the tabs vs spaces war