.gitignore for ESP-IDF

3 ignore rules for ESP-IDF, ready to copy into your repository.

Espressif IoT Development Framework

The complete .gitignore for ESP-IDF

# Generated by LFGitignore - https://lfgitignore.com
# Created: 2025-09-22 06:48:04 UTC
# Technologies: ESP-IDF

### ESP-IDF ###
# Build output directory
build/
sdkconfig
sdkconfig.old

What these ESP-IDF rules actually ignore

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

General

Pattern What it ignores
build/ Build output directory
sdkconfig General
sdkconfig.old General

How to use this .gitignore for ESP-IDF

  1. Copy the ESP-IDF 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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