Open Source Software, git

What to do first when you have your awesome git installed?

Get your name and email ready:

$ git config --global user.name "myname"
$ git config --global user.email myname@example.com

Ignore files that you do not want git to track globally:
edit your ~/.gitignore
*.pyc
*~
/a/folder/

$ git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore 

Ignore files that you do not want git to track locally to your repository:

just add/edit a .gitignore to that repository