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Git: .gitignore file for LaTeX projects
*.acn
*.acr
*.alg
*.aux
*.bak
*.bbl
*.bcf
*.blg
*.brf
*.bst
*.dvi
*.fdb_latexmk
*.fls
*.glg
*.glo
*.gls
*.idx
*.ilg
*.ind
*.ist
*.lof
*.log
*.lol
*.lot
*.maf
*.mtc
*.mtc1
*.nav
*.nlo
*.nls
*.out
*.pdf
*.pyg
*.run.xml
*.snm
*.synctex.gz
*.tex.backup
*.tex~
*.thm
*.toc
*.vrb
*.xdy
*.xml
*blx.bib
.bak
.mtc
build/
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ghost commented Jan 15, 2018

How nice! Thank you very much!

@amannougrahiya
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Thanks! This was a good thing to share.

@philiporlando
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Why not just ignore everything first and whitelist directories, *.bib, and *.tex files?

@kogakure
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Sounds good 👍

@samiyuru
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TexStudio has the following extensions list in tools -> clean
log,aux,dvi,lof,lot,bit,idx,glo,bbl,bcf,ilg,toc,ind,out,blg,fdb_latexmk,fls

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cadoiz commented Aug 18, 2020

.bcf
.blg
.sav

For merging artifacts you can also add
.mine
.bak
.r2
.r4

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cadoiz commented Aug 18, 2020

Maybe also .out.ps?

@ArmelZy
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ArmelZy commented Jan 16, 2021

For those who use JetBrains and TeXiFy-IDEA plugin.
Create MyLatexProject/.gitignore and copy/paste this content instead:
/out/.aux
/out/
.glo
/out/.idx
/out/
.log
/out/.toc
/out/
.ist
/out/.acn
/out/
.acr
/out/.alg
/out/
.bbl
/out/.blg
/out/
.dvi
/out/.glg
/out/
.gls
/out/.ilg
/out/
.ind
/out/.lof
/out/
.lot
/out/.maf
/out/
.mtc
/out/.mtc1
/out/
.out
/out/*.synctex.gz

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olvegam commented Sep 5, 2022

¡great! Very useful.

¿someone have them classified by use or tool that generates those files?

Thanks in advance.

@linden-yuan
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Can you add *.brf (for backreferences)?

@kogakure
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I’ve added most suffixes suggested here to the list and sorted it alphabetical.

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