.gitignore for Erlang

13 ignore rules for Erlang, ready to copy into your repository.

Concurrent, functional programming language

The complete .gitignore for Erlang

# Generated by LFGitignore - https://lfgitignore.com
# Created: 2026-08-05 01:30:35 UTC
# Technologies: Erlang

### Erlang ###
.eunit
*.plt
.concrete/DEV_MODE
erl_crash.dump
.rebar
*.beam
rel/example_project
ebin/*.beam
deps
.rebar3
_build/
_checkouts/
# Object file
*.o

What these Erlang rules actually ignore

Every pattern below, and why it belongs in your .gitignore.

General

Pattern What it ignores
.eunit General
*.plt General
.concrete/DEV_MODE General
erl_crash.dump General
.rebar rebar 2.x
*.beam General
rel/example_project General
ebin/*.beam General
deps General
.rebar3 rebar 3
_build/ General
_checkouts/ General
*.o Object file

How to use this .gitignore for Erlang

  1. Copy the Erlang rules above, or download the file directly.
  2. Create a file named .gitignore at the root of your Git repository and paste the rules into it.
  3. If some of those files are already tracked, run git rm -r --cached . then commit again — Git only applies ignore rules to untracked files.
  4. Commit the .gitignore so everyone on the team shares the same rules.

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