Meta Trader5 .gitignore Template

1### Meta Trader5 ###
2# MetaTrader 5 and MQL5 gitignore template
3# Project homepage: https://www.metatrader5.com/en
4 
5# Compiled MQL5 executables (binaries)
6# These are generated from .mq5 source files and should not be committed.
7*.ex5
8# For MQL4 compatibility if you also manage MT4 projects in a similar structure
9*.ex4
10 
11# Log files
12# Terminal logs, strategy tester logs, and custom logs from Print() functions.
13*.log
14# Strategy Tester logs
15*.slog
16 
17# Strategy Tester specific files
18# History data, optimization results, and temporary files used by the tester.
19# FXT files (history data for testing)
20*.fxt
21# History data files (can be large)
22*.hst
23# Initialization files (often generated by tester or EAs)
24*.ini
25# Data files (various purposes, often temporary)
26*.dat
27# CSV export files (e.g., from tester reports)
28*.csv
29# Journal files (tester journal)
30*.jrn
31 
32# Market Watch sets and profiles
33# User-specific lists of symbols in Market Watch, and terminal profiles.
34# Market Watch symbol sets
35*.set
36# Chart templates
37*.tpl
38# Chart settings files (can be generated when saving templates or profiles)
39*.chr
40 
41# External libraries (DLLs)
42# If you use custom DLLs, you might want to ignore them if they are built separately
43# and not part of your MQL5 source code repository.
44*.dll
45 
46# User-specific configuration and credentials
47# Files containing sensitive information or local user settings.
48# Environment variables (e.g., for Python integration credentials)
49.env
50# Configuration files (if not meant to be shared)
51*.cfg
52# Be careful: if you have config JSONs you *do* want to commit, add specific exceptions.
53*.json
54# Example: !config.json (to include config.json but ignore other *.json)
55 
56# Temporary files and backup files generated by MetaEditor
57# Temporary files (e.g., ~MyScript.mq5)
58*.~*
59# Backup files (e.g., MyScript.mq5.bak)
60*.bak
61*.mqh.bak
62*.mq5.bak
63 
64# MetaEditor project files
65# Project files for MetaEditor workspaces.
66.mqproj
67 
68# Python specific ignores (if you also keep Python scripts or Jupyter notebooks in this repository)
69# These are relevant if your Git repo root is higher up (e.g., the terminal folder itself)
70# or if you mix Python code within your MQL5 structure.
71# Python compiled bytecode cache
72__pycache__/
73# Jupyter Notebook checkpoints
74.ipynb_checkpoints/
75# Python compiled files
76*.pyc
77# Python dynamic modules
78*.pyd
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