为构建部署添加了InstallShield忽略。InstallShield是微软在Visual Studio Installer上的新方向，所以我们已经开始在所有新项目中使用它。添加的这一行删除了SingleImage安装文件。其他InstallShield类型可能包括DVD分发。您可能希望添加这些目录名或仅仅添加[Ee]xpress/以防止任何InstallShield LE部署文件进入repo。

下面是我们的.gitignore，用于VS2010 c#项目，使用安装盾LE和安装程序的SingleImage部署:

#OS junk files
[Tt]humbs.db
*.DS_Store

#Visual Studio files
*.[Oo]bj
*.exe
*.pdb
*.user
*.aps
*.pch
*.vspscc
*.vssscc
*_i.c
*_p.c
*.ncb
*.suo
*.tlb
*.tlh
*.bak
*.[Cc]ache
*.ilk
*.log
*.lib
*.sbr
*.sdf
ipch/
obj/
[Bb]in
[Dd]ebug*/
[Rr]elease*/
Ankh.NoLoad

#InstallShield
[Ss]ingle[Ii]mage/
[Dd][Vv][Dd]-5/
[Ii]nterm/

#Tooling
_ReSharper*/
*.resharper
[Tt]est[Rr]esult*

#Project files
[Bb]uild/

#Subversion files
.svn

# Office Temp Files
~$*

如果您在解决方案中使用dbproj，则需要添加以下内容:

#Visual Studio DB Project
*.dbmdl
[Ss]ql/

来源: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bahill/archive/2009/07/31/come-visit-revisit-the-beer-house-continuous-integration.aspx

这要归功于Jens Lehmann——如果你保持源目录与编译器项目文件分开，并构建输出，你可以通过否定它来简化你的.gitignore:

path/to/build/directory/*
!*.sln
!*.vcproj

你没有说你正在使用什么语言，但以上这些应该适用于c++项目。

这里的聚会很晚，但我也发现我使用以下方法。有些可能只用于在按到公共远程时隐藏敏感文件。

#Ignore email files delivered to specified pickup directory
*.eml

#Allow NuGet.exe (do not ignore)
!NuGet.exe

#Ignore WebDeploy publish profiles
*.Publish.xml

#Ignore Azure build csdef & Pubxml files
ServiceDefinition.build.csdef
*.azurePubxml

#Allow ReSharper .DotSettings (for non-namespace-provider properties)
!*.csproj.DotSettings

#Ignore private folder
/Private/

对于那些对微软认为应该包含在gitignore中感兴趣的人，这里是Visual Studio 2013 RTM在创建一个新的Git-Repository时自动生成的默认gitignore:

## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.

# User-specific files
*.suo
*.user
*.sln.docstates

# Build results

[Dd]ebug/
[Rr]elease/
x64/
build/
[Bb]in/
[Oo]bj/

# Enable "build/" folder in the NuGet Packages folder since NuGet packages use it for MSBuild targets
!packages/*/build/

# MSTest test Results
[Tt]est[Rr]esult*/
[Bb]uild[Ll]og.*

*_i.c
*_p.c
*.ilk
*.meta
*.obj
*.pch
*.pdb
*.pgc
*.pgd
*.rsp
*.sbr
*.tlb
*.tli
*.tlh
*.tmp
*.tmp_proj
*.log
*.vspscc
*.vssscc
.builds
*.pidb
*.log
*.scc

# Visual C++ cache files
ipch/
*.aps
*.ncb
*.opensdf
*.sdf
*.cachefile

# Visual Studio profiler
*.psess
*.vsp
*.vspx

# Guidance Automation Toolkit
*.gpState

# ReSharper is a .NET coding add-in
_ReSharper*/
*.[Rr]e[Ss]harper

# TeamCity is a build add-in
_TeamCity*

# DotCover is a Code Coverage Tool
*.dotCover

# NCrunch
*.ncrunch*
.*crunch*.local.xml

# Installshield output folder
[Ee]xpress/

# DocProject is a documentation generator add-in
DocProject/buildhelp/
DocProject/Help/*.HxT
DocProject/Help/*.HxC
DocProject/Help/*.hhc
DocProject/Help/*.hhk
DocProject/Help/*.hhp
DocProject/Help/Html2
DocProject/Help/html

# Click-Once directory
publish/

# Publish Web Output
*.Publish.xml

# NuGet Packages Directory
## TODO: If you have NuGet Package Restore enabled, uncomment the next line
#packages/

# Windows Azure Build Output
csx
*.build.csdef

# Windows Store app package directory
AppPackages/

# Others
sql/
*.Cache
ClientBin/
[Ss]tyle[Cc]op.*
~$*
*~
*.dbmdl
*.[Pp]ublish.xml
*.pfx
*.publishsettings

# RIA/Silverlight projects
Generated_Code/

# Backup & report files from converting an old project file to a newer
# Visual Studio version. Backup files are not needed, because we have git ;-)
_UpgradeReport_Files/
Backup*/
UpgradeLog*.XML
UpgradeLog*.htm

# SQL Server files
App_Data/*.mdf
App_Data/*.ldf


#LightSwitch generated files
GeneratedArtifacts/
_Pvt_Extensions/
ModelManifest.xml

# =========================
# Windows detritus
# =========================

# Windows image file caches
Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db

# Folder config file
Desktop.ini

# Recycle Bin used on file shares
$RECYCLE.BIN/

# Mac desktop service store files
.DS_Store

参见:在MSDN上添加默认的.gitignore文件

某些项目可能需要添加*。显到他们的视觉工作室gitignore。输入输出文件。

这是因为新项目的一些Visual Studio项目属性被设置为生成清单文件。

参见“在Visual Studio中生成清单”

但是如果您已经生成了它们，并且它们是静态的(不会随着时间而改变)，那么从.gitignore文件中删除它们是个好主意。

这就是Git for Windows这样的项目刚刚做的事情(适用于Git 2.24, 2019年第四季度)

参见Johannes Schindelin (dscho)的commit aac6ff7(2019年9月05日)。 (由Junio C Hamano—gitster—在commit 59438be中合并，2019年9月30日)

.gitignore: stop ignoring .manifest files On Windows, it is possible to embed additional metadata into an executable by linking in a "manifest", i.e. an XML document that describes capabilities and requirements (such as minimum or maximum Windows version). These XML documents are expected to be stored in .manifest files. At least some Visual Studio versions auto-generate .manifest files when none is specified explicitly, therefore we used to ask Git to ignore them. However, we do have a beautiful .manifest file now: compat/win32/git.manifest, so neither does Visual Studio auto-generate a manifest for us, nor do we want Git to ignore the .manifest files anymore.