.gitignore for a WordPress project managed with Siteground git deployment

.gitignore

# ignore all files starting with .
\.*

# include .gitignore (i.e. do NOT ignore)
!.gitignore

# ignore all files that start with ~
~*

# ignore node/grunt dependencies
node_modules/

# ignore local configuration file
wp-config-local.php

# ignore log files
*.log

# Editor files
*.sublime-project
*.sublime-workspace
*.komodoproject

# ignore OS generated files
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db

# ignore cache folders
cache

Hi, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.

I'm a newbie trying to set up a workflow having my sites on Siteground.
Is this .gitignore file better than your preferred one - https://gist.github.com/salcode/b515f520d3f8207ecd04 ?

How do you manage to add the .gitignore file after the repo has been created ???

Thanks in advance !!

Tips for people using custom gitignores with site ground:
If you don't want to track core files, setup the gitignores to not track wp core files, and then upload it to the directory you plan to use sg-git on. The when you creat the repository in cpanel, sg-git will respect the gitignores, and you have a clean repo .. cheers