.DS_Store contains the positions of file icons, the last view mode (list, icons, etc.), and other stuff for Finder. You can avoid creating it by not using Finde

.DS_Store contains the positions of file icons, the last view mode (list, icons, etc.), and other stuff for Finder. You can avoid creating it by not using Finder, and you can probably also avoid it if you carefully avoid not dragging icons around. If it bothers you because you keep committing it into your Git repo, then you can exclude it in a global .gitignore[0]. [0]: http://egorsmirnov.me/2015/05/04/global-gitignore-file.html http://egorsmirnov.me/2015/05/04/global-gitignore-file.html