git, don't show me *.pyc in the list of untracked files!

Question

When doing:

>git status

It shows a big list of .pyc files under \"untracked files\". I don\'t want it to show these, as it adds noise.<

Answer 1

Put in the file ~/.gitignore:

*.pyc

Run:

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

I agree with @David Wolever this option should be used with caution if ever.

The ~/.gitignore ("%HOME%\.gitignore" on Windows) is just a convention you can use any filename you like e.g., "c:\docs\gitignore.txt".