Magento .gitignore - ignore all user generated files in /media, /var contents and RELEASE_NOTES.txt

.gitignore

############ Project specific rules ###############

# Exclude local.xml
data/web/public/app/etc/local.xml

# Ignore media, except .htaccess (Deny from all) and system files
data/web/public/media/*
!data/web/public/media/.htaccess
!data/web/public/media/customer
data/web/public/media/customer/*
!data/web/public/media/customer/.htaccess
!data/web/public/media/dhl
!data/web/public/media/downloadable
data/web/public/media/downloadable/*
!data/web/public/media/downloadable/.htaccess
!data/web/public/media/xmlconnect

# Ignore media, except .htaccess (Deny from all) and system files
data/web/public/var/*
!data/web/public/var/.htaccess
!data/web/public/var/package

# Ignore release notes, we do not need to broadcast the current version to the world
# Leave in dummy files like .htaccess.sample because some patches will not work if they are not present :(
data/web/public/RELEASE_NOTES.txt

################# Global rules ####################
## Never ignore .gitignore
!.gitignore

## Dependencies
node_modules
bower_components
vendor
.vagrant
*.swp
*.swo
/local.yml

## Sass
.sass-cache

## IDE project files
/.idea
.viminfo
/.buildpath
/.settings
/.project
/.cache
/build
/nbbuild
/nbdist
/nbproject/private

## OS specific files
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
Thumbs.db
.log
.sass-cache/
.codekit-config.json
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
*.swp

## Zipped files
*.7z
*.dmg
*.gz
*.iso
*.jar
*.rar
*.tar
*.zip

# Always Version .keep and .gitkeep files
!.keep
!.gitkeep