.gitignore for Force.com

4 ignore rules for Force.com, ready to copy into your repository.

Salesforce development platform

The complete .gitignore for Force.com

# Generated by LFGitignore - https://lfgitignore.com
# Created: 2026-08-05 02:26:22 UTC
# Technologies: Force.com

### Force.com ###
# Eclipse project file
.project
.settings
salesforce.schema
Referenced Packages

What these Force.com rules actually ignore

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

General

Pattern What it ignores
.project Eclipse project file
.settings General
salesforce.schema General
Referenced Packages General

How to use this .gitignore for Force.com

  1. Copy the Force.com 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.