.gitignore for Exercism

1 ignore rule for Exercism, ready to copy into your repository.

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The complete .gitignore for Exercism

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# Created: 2026-08-05 02:27:24 UTC
# Technologies: Exercism

### Exercism ###
.exercism

What these Exercism rules actually ignore

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

Ignore .exercism folder which contain sensitive data

Pattern What it ignores
.exercism Ignore .exercism folder which contain sensitive data

How to use this .gitignore for Exercism

  1. Copy the Exercism 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.