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title: ".gitignore"
description: "A .gitignore file specifies intentionally untracked files that git should ignore."
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A `.gitignore` file specifies intentionally untracked files that git should ignore.

:read-more{icon="i-simple-icons-git" color="gray" title="the git documentation" to="https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore" target="_blank"}

We recommend having a `.gitignore` file that has **at least** the following entries present:

```bash [.gitignore]
# Nuxt dev/build outputs
.output
.data
.nuxt
.nitro
.cache
dist

# Node dependencies
node_modules

# Logs
logs
*.log

# Misc
.DS_Store

# Local env files
.env
.env.*
!.env.example
```