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macOS .gitignore Template

macOS operating system artifacts, metadata files, and Finder cache. 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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1### macOS ###
2# General
3.DS_Store
4.localized
5__MACOSX/
6.AppleDouble
7.LSOverride
8Icon[
]
9 
10# Resource forks
11._*
12 
13# Files and directories that might appear in the root of a volume
14.DocumentRevisions-V100
15.fseventsd
16.Spotlight-V100
17.TemporaryItems
18.Trashes
19.VolumeIcon.icns
20.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
21.com.apple.timemachine.supported
22.PKInstallSandboxManager
23.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
24.hotfiles.btree
25.vol
26.file
27.disk_label*
28lost+found
29.HFS+ Private Directory Data[
]
30 
31# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
32.AppleDB
33.AppleDesktop
34Network Trash Folder
35Temporary Items
36.apdisk
37 
38# Mac OS 6 to 9
39Desktop DB
40Desktop DF
41TheFindByContentFolder
42TheVolumeSettingsFolder
43.FBCIndex
44.FBCSemaphoreFile
45.FBCLockFolder
46 
47# Quota system
48.quota.group
49.quota.user
50.quota.ops.group
51.quota.ops.user
52 
53# TimeMachine
54Backups.backupdb
55.MobileBackups
56.MobileBackups.trash
57MobileBackups.trash
58tmbootpicker.efi
59

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Raw macOS .gitignore

Crawlable upstream source template

macos.gitignore•58 lines•UTF-8

1# General
2.DS_Store
3.localized
4__MACOSX/
5.AppleDouble
6.LSOverride
7Icon[
]
8 
9# Resource forks
10._*
11 
12# Files and directories that might appear in the root of a volume
13.DocumentRevisions-V100
14.fseventsd
15.Spotlight-V100
16.TemporaryItems
17.Trashes
18.VolumeIcon.icns
19.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
20.com.apple.timemachine.supported
21.PKInstallSandboxManager
22.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
23.hotfiles.btree
24.vol
25.file
26.disk_label*
27lost+found
28.HFS+ Private Directory Data[
]
29 
30# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
31.AppleDB
32.AppleDesktop
33Network Trash Folder
34Temporary Items
35.apdisk
36 
37# Mac OS 6 to 9
38Desktop DB
39Desktop DF
40TheFindByContentFolder
41TheVolumeSettingsFolder
42.FBCIndex
43.FBCSemaphoreFile
44.FBCLockFolder
45 
46# Quota system
47.quota.group
48.quota.user
49.quota.ops.group
50.quota.ops.user
51 
52# TimeMachine
53Backups.backupdb
54.MobileBackups
55.MobileBackups.trash
56MobileBackups.trash
57tmbootpicker.efi
58

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Execution Caches & Runtime Logs

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

.TemporaryItems

Operating System & Workspace Files

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

.DS_Store

Source & Verification

Source: GitHub gitignore (main)

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.

macOS .gitignore Template

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Raw macOS .gitignore

Key Pattern Breakdown

Execution Caches & Runtime Logs

Operating System & Workspace Files

Source & Verification

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