Global gitignore should in general only be used for things that's "unique" in your local environment, like: * IDE/Editor (for example, add `.vscode` to your gl

Global gitignore should in general only be used for things that's "unique" in your local environment, like: * IDE/Editor (for example, add `.vscode` to your global gitignore if you use VSCode, add `.idea` if you use IntelliJ family, NOT add `.editorconfig` because that's intended to be cross environment) * OS level spam (`.DS_Store`, etc.) * Any file generated by a tool you use locally Also a pro tip, I have this alias in my global git config: why-ignore = check-ignore -v --no-index So I can use `git why-ignore path/to/file` to show why a file is ignored (e.g. it shows which line in which gitignore file excluded it).