Git: .gitignore file for LaTeX projects

.gitignore

*.aux
*.glo
*.idx
*.log
*.toc
*.ist
*.acn
*.acr
*.alg
*.bbl
*.blg
*.dvi
*.glg
*.gls
*.ilg
*.ind
*.lof
*.lot
*.maf
*.mtc
*.mtc1
*.out
*.synctex.gz

Excellent! Thanks for this!

I might consider adding '*.synctex.gz'.

Excellent! Thanks for this!

I might consider adding '*.synctex.gz'.

Thank you! Good idea, I added it.

Thank you! Good idea, I added it.

Why not use this instead:

$ cat .gitignore
*
!myfile.tex

Why not use this instead:

$ cat .gitignore
*
!myfile.tex

Because it's decently rare that a .tex file exists by itself, there's BibTeX files, figures, usually some sort of misc notes you want (I even have a rake file using rake-latex from Oxford Uni).

All that said, if you really do have a .tex file in isolation, that's a good solution :)

Because it's decently rare that a .tex file exists by itself, there's BibTeX files, figures, usually some sort of misc notes you want (I even have a rake file using rake-latex from Oxford Uni).

All that said, if you really do have a .tex file in isolation, that's a good solution :)

excellent, just what i need! thanks.

excellent, just what i need! thanks.

Thank you for this great file !
I forked it for Mac users : https://gist.github.com/871983

Thank you for this great file !
I forked it for Mac users : https://gist.github.com/871983

Cool! Thank you!

Cool! Thank you!

If using latexmk to manage the compile process, add *.fdb_latexmk

If using latexmk to manage the compile process, add *.fdb_latexmk

I added *#* to my list to not track the emacs backup files.

I added *#* to my list to not track the emacs backup files.

I added *.pdf since this is an output file and not a source file. The same could apply to *.dvi.

I added *.pdf since this is an output file and not a source file. The same could apply to *.dvi.

Thanks !, very useful.

Thanks !, very useful.

if using the pagebackref option of the hyperref package you also get a *.brf file.

if using the pagebackref option of the hyperref package you also get a *.brf file.

I would sort it alphabetically :) Good one!

I would sort it alphabetically :) Good one!

While for AUCTeX you also get files like:
region.*
prv__.fmt
prv__.log

While for AUCTeX you also get files like:
region.*
prv__.fmt
prv__.log

Thank you Stefan, this is nice and useful. You may also want to include *.lol (List of Listings), produced by the listings package.

Thank you Stefan, this is nice and useful. You may also want to include *.lol (List of Listings), produced by the listings package.

Thank You, indeed. My "manuscript" got rather large and manually tracking changes piecemeal got unmanageable, thankfully I opted way back then to compose it in \LaTeX so now that I've been able to regenerate it from ancient source, I'll be able to track it, too.

Thank You, indeed. My "manuscript" got rather large and manually tracking changes piecemeal got unmanageable, thankfully I opted way back then to compose it in \LaTeX so now that I've been able to regenerate it from ancient source, I'll be able to track it, too.

Just what i was looking for, great! What about adding *.pdf? And for TexMaker users

*.bak
build/

is useful also.

Just what i was looking for, great! What about adding *.pdf? And for TexMaker users

*.bak
build/

is useful also.

nice. thanks!

nice. thanks!

Yay! Cheers!

Yay! Cheers!

Thanks!

BTW, biber creates *.bcf and *.run.xml files.

Thanks!

BTW, biber creates *.bcf and *.run.xml files.

*.snm and *.nav for beamer!

*.snm and *.nav for beamer!

Thanks

Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up my fat repo!

Thanks for cleaning up my fat repo!

I see multiple comments suggesting adding *.pdf, but as of yet it was not included.. Is there an argument to leave it out?

I see multiple comments suggesting adding *.pdf, but as of yet it was not included.. Is there an argument to leave it out?

This is perfect, Thanks!

This is perfect, Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks :)

Thanks :)

joostrijneveld: adding *.pdf to a standard .gitignore is a bad idea since pictures in latex documents often are included in pdf format.

I would also argue that it's pretty convenient for someone not interested in editing the document to have easy access to the output pdf file, without having to download any non-common packages and building it manually.

joostrijneveld: adding *.pdf to a standard .gitignore is a bad idea since pictures in latex documents often are included in pdf format.

I would also argue that it's pretty convenient for someone not interested in editing the document to have easy access to the output pdf file, without having to download any non-common packages and building it manually.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Hi,

Thanks for your sharing. I propose to add *.run.xml which is generated by biber.

Hi,

Thanks for your sharing. I propose to add *.run.xml which is generated by biber.

I propose to add *.xdy which is created by xindy, an index processor. You can find the addition in my fork.

I propose to add *.xdy which is created by xindy, an index processor. You can find the addition in my fork.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you from a very new git and latex user!

Thank you from a very new git and latex user!

i am new to git, and i want to share latex project over here, with all the figures, bib files and tex file.

i am new to git, and i want to share latex project over here, with all the figures, bib files and tex file.

thanks as well!
would it be possible to add a line that excludes the .pdf file if there is a corrisponding .tex file?

thanks as well!
would it be possible to add a line that excludes the .pdf file if there is a corrisponding .tex file?

Nice, thanks for sharing. I suggest adding *eps-converted-to.pdf to remove the PDF files generated by epstopdf.

Nice, thanks for sharing. I suggest adding *eps-converted-to.pdf to remove the PDF files generated by epstopdf.

ordered ascending: https://gist.github.com/tobiasschuerg/d535a00dd81dea5150b8

ordered ascending: https://gist.github.com/tobiasschuerg/d535a00dd81dea5150b8

There is also https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/TeX.gitignore

There is also https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/TeX.gitignore

Thanks a bunch!

Thanks a bunch!

Thx. Some things to add:

• *.fdb_latexmk
• *.xml
• *.pdf
• *.fls
• *.bcf
• *.pyg

Thx. Some things to add:

• *.fdb_latexmk
• *.xml
• *.pdf
• *.fls
• *.bcf
• *.pyg

Thank you

Thank you

Thanks! This is very useful

Thanks! This is very useful

*.bcf
*.run.xml

*.bcf
*.run.xml

This is great, thanks.

This is great, thanks.

Thanks... very good!

I might consider adding '*.brf'.

Thanks... very good!

I might consider adding '*.brf'.

I usually add *.tex~ and *.tex.backup.

I usually add *.tex~ and *.tex.backup.

Thanks !

Thanks !

I needed to also add:

    *.nav
    *.snm
    *.vrb

I needed to also add:

    *.nav
    *.snm
    *.vrb

I add:

*.ps

I add:

*.ps

I added

*.log
*.pdf

I added

*.log
*.pdf

Excellent! Thank you very much for sharing.

Excellent! Thank you very much for sharing.

*.brf
*.bst
*.nls
*.nlo

*.brf
*.bst
*.nls
*.nlo

Thanks you so much. 💯 👍

Thanks you so much. 💯 👍

*.thm

*.thm

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you, I added some entries

*.aux
*.glo
*.idx
*.log
*.toc
*.ist
*.acn
*.acr
*.alg
*.bbl
*.blg
*.dvi
*.glg
*.gls
*.ilg
*.ind
*.lof
*.lot
*.maf
.mtc
*.out
*.bak
*.run.xml
*blx.bib
*.synctex.gz

Thank you, I added some entries

*.aux
*.glo
*.idx
*.log
*.toc
*.ist
*.acn
*.acr
*.alg
*.bbl
*.blg
*.dvi
*.glg
*.gls
*.ilg
*.ind
*.lof
*.lot
*.maf
.mtc
*.out
*.bak
*.run.xml
*blx.bib
*.synctex.gz

How nice! Thank you very much!

How nice! Thank you very much!

Thanks! This was a good thing to share.

Thanks! This was a good thing to share.