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Ki Cad .gitignore Template

Standard Ki Cad 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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### Ki Cad ###
# For PCBs designed using KiCad: https://www.kicad.org/
# Format documentation: https://kicad.org/help/file-formats/
# Temporary files
*.000
*.bak
*.bck
*.kicad_pcb-bak
*.kicad_sch-bak
*-backups
*-cache*
*-bak
*-bak*
*~
~*
_autosave-*
#auto_saved_files\#
*.tmp
*-save.pro
*-save.kicad_pcb
fp-info-cache
~*.lck
#auto_saved_files#
# Netlist files (exported from Eeschema)
*.net
# Autorouter files (exported from Pcbnew)
*.dsn
*.ses
# Exported BOM files
*.xml
*.csv
# Archived Backups (KiCad 6.0)
**/*-backups/*.zip
# Local git-based history (KiCad 9.0+)
.history
# Local project settings
*.kicad_prl
45 lines•UTF-8
Deterministic

Raw Ki Cad .gitignore

Crawlable upstream source template
kicad.gitignore•44 lines•UTF-8
# For PCBs designed using KiCad: https://www.kicad.org/
# Format documentation: https://kicad.org/help/file-formats/
# Temporary files
*.000
*.bak
*.bck
*.kicad_pcb-bak
*.kicad_sch-bak
*-backups
*-cache*
*-bak
*-bak*
*~
~*
_autosave-*
\#auto_saved_files\#
*.tmp
*-save.pro
*-save.kicad_pcb
fp-info-cache
~*.lck
\#auto_saved_files#
# Netlist files (exported from Eeschema)
*.net
# Autorouter files (exported from Pcbnew)
*.dsn
*.ses
# Exported BOM files
*.xml
*.csv
# Archived Backups (KiCad 6.0)
**/*-backups/*.zip
# Local git-based history (KiCad 9.0+)
.history
# Local project settings
*.kicad_prl

Key Pattern Breakdown

Execution Caches & Runtime Logs

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

*-cache**.tmpfp-info-cache

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.