.gitignore

A list of files that git must ignore. What you write there doesn’t reach the history or your colleagues, for example your personal settings.

How it appears in the course

.gitignore is a list of files that git ignores, meaning it doesn’t send them to your colleagues.
Where can CLAUDE.md live? · Module 02, CLAUDE.md: your project’s memory
Add .claude/settings.local.json to .gitignore. The .gitignore file is the list of files that git must not share with anyone.
Try it yourself · Module 03, Permissions: what Claude may do
The personal settings (.claude/settings.local.json and CLAUDE.local.md) are in .gitignore, meaning the list of files that git doesn’t save. That way they stay only with you.
The teamwork checklist · Module 11, Pro tips

Where you learn it

In module 02 · CLAUDE.md: your project’s memory, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

Related terms

.claude/rules//initCLAUDE.local.mdCLAUDE.md

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