Generalized .gitignore file

.gitignore

#
# Git ignore
#
# This can serve as a generalized .gitignore file which is suitable for most
# Java projects. In particular, it may be suitable for projects where contributors
# use different IDEs. It serves as a guard-rail so that inexperienced users do
# not by mistake commit their IDE-specific files into the git repo.
# (in very, very, rare case you may actually want to commit IDE-specific files 
#  in which case you can edit the below)
#


# Ignore Maven stuff
target/
pom.xml.tag
pom.xml.releaseBackup
pom.xml.versionsBackup
pom.xml.next
release.properties
dependency-reduced-pom.xml
buildNumber.properties
.mvn/timing.properties
.flattened-pom.xml
# https://github.com/takari/maven-wrapper#usage-without-binary-jar
.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar


# Ignore Eclipse stuff
.classpath
.project
.settings/

# Ignore IntelliJ IDEA stuff
.idea/
*.iml
*.iws

# Ignore NetBeans stuff
nbproject/
nbactions.xml
nb-configuration.xml

# Ignore Mac OS stuff
.DS_Store