ignore-and-attributes.md

title	Ignore & Attributes
description	Generate .gitignore from templates and apply .gitattributes presets.
order	5

Ignore & Attributes

.gitignore

Gitkit generates and merges .gitignore files from gitignore.io templates plus its own built-ins (like agentic for AI coding agents):

gitkit ignore add rust,vscode,agentic   # generate/merge templates
gitkit ignore list                      # list available templates
gitkit ignore list python               # filter the list

Existing patterns are merged, not overwritten — your manual entries survive.

.gitattributes

gitkit attributes init

Applies a line-endings preset (* text=auto eol=lf) and binary-file attributes so checkouts behave identically across Linux, macOS and Windows.

Both files can also be configured interactively from the gitkit wizard, which offers a filterable search across all templates.