.gitignore for Lefthook

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

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The complete .gitignore for Lefthook

# Generated by LFGitignore - https://lfgitignore.com
# Created: 2026-08-05 01:31:33 UTC
# Technologies: Lefthook

### Lefthook ###
/.lefthook-local.json
/.lefthook-local.toml
/.lefthook-local.yaml
/.lefthook-local.yml
/lefthook-local.json
/lefthook-local.toml
/lefthook-local.yaml
/lefthook-local.yml
/.config/lefthook-local.json
/.config/lefthook-local.toml
/.config/lefthook-local.yaml
/.config/lefthook-local.yml
/.lefthook-local/

What these Lefthook rules actually ignore

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

General

Pattern What it ignores
/.lefthook-local.json https://lefthook.dev/configuration/#config-file-name
/.lefthook-local.toml General
/.lefthook-local.yaml General
/.lefthook-local.yml General
/lefthook-local.json General
/lefthook-local.toml General
/lefthook-local.yaml General
/lefthook-local.yml General
/.config/lefthook-local.json General
/.config/lefthook-local.toml General
/.config/lefthook-local.yaml General
/.config/lefthook-local.yml General
/.lefthook-local/ https://lefthook.dev/configuration/source_dir_local.html

How to use this .gitignore for Lefthook

  1. Copy the Lefthook 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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