.gitignore regex for emacs temporary files

Question

I\'m trying to .gitignore emacs temporary/autosave files. I\'m using...

\\.\\#.*

in my .gitignore.

But git add -A run in

Answer 1

To suppress the temporary Emacs files appearing on git status globally, you can do the following:

1. Configure git to use a global excludesfile

   Since this is a common problem, git has a specific solution to that:

   Patterns which a user wants Git to ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by the user’s editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by core.excludesFile in the user’s ~/.gitconfig

   git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global    
   

2. Create the respective file

    cd
    touch .gitignore_global
   

3. Paste the following template into the file

   # -*- mode: gitignore; -*-
   *~
   \#*\#
   /.emacs.desktop
   /.emacs.desktop.lock
   *.elc
   auto-save-list
   tramp
   .\#*
   
   # Org-mode
   .org-id-locations
   *_archive
   
   # flymake-mode
   *_flymake.*
   
   # eshell files
   /eshell/history
   /eshell/lastdir
   
   # elpa packages
   /elpa/
   
   # reftex files
   .rel
   
   # AUCTeX auto folder
   /auto/
   
   # cask packages
   .cask/
   dist/
   
   # Flycheck
   flycheck_*.el
   
   # server auth directory
   /server/
   
   # projectiles files
   .projectile
   
   # directory configuration
   .dir-locals.el
   
   # network security
   /network-security.data
   

4. Watch git do its magic! :)