My .git/info/exclude file, which doesn't seem to be doing anything.

exclude

# git-ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
# Lines that start with '#' are comments.
# For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
# *.[oa]
# *~
* 
.* 
!.autotest
!.bash_aliases
!.bash_completion.d
!.bash_completion.d/**/*
!.bash_functions
!.bash_history
!.bash_logout
!.bash_profile
!.bashrc
!.conkerorrc
!.conkyrc
!.gitconfig
!.htoprc
!.irbrc
!.mycheat
!.newsbeuter
!.newsbeuter/**/*
!.screenrc
!.tfrc
!.vim
!.vim/**/*
!.vimrc
!.Xmodmap