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Expression Engine .gitignore Template

Standard Expression Engine gitignore template from upstream github/gitignore collection. Generated and merged deterministically with upstream GitHub repository patterns to keep your repository clean of package directories, temporary build artifacts, and local environment files.

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### Expression Engine ###
.DS_Store
# Images
images/avatars/
images/captchas/
images/smileys/
images/member_photos/
images/signature_attachments/
images/pm_attachments/
# For security do not publish the following files
system/expressionengine/config/database.php
system/expressionengine/config/config.php
# Caches
sized/
thumbs/
_thumbs/
*/expressionengine/cache/*
21 lines•UTF-8
Deterministic

Raw Expression Engine .gitignore

Crawlable upstream source template
expressionengine.gitignore•20 lines•UTF-8
.DS_Store
# Images
images/avatars/
images/captchas/
images/smileys/
images/member_photos/
images/signature_attachments/
images/pm_attachments/
# For security do not publish the following files
system/expressionengine/config/database.php
system/expressionengine/config/config.php
# Caches
sized/
thumbs/
_thumbs/
*/expressionengine/cache/*

Key Pattern Breakdown

Execution Caches & Runtime Logs

Diagnostic logs, runtime metadata, test coverage reports, and incremental compiler caches that cause noisy repository diffs.

*/expressionengine/cache/*

Operating System & Workspace Files

Editor-specific workspace configuration and OS filesystem metadata generated automatically by host operating systems.

.DS_Store

Source & Verification

License: CC0-1.0

Place this file in the root directory of your project as .gitignore. Changes take effect on newly added or untracked files.