.gitignore for Qt

38 ignore rules for Qt, ready to copy into your repository.

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The complete .gitignore for Qt

# Generated by LFGitignore - https://lfgitignore.com
# Created: 2026-08-05 01:30:34 UTC
# Technologies: Qt

### Qt ###
*.slo
*.lo
# Object file
*.o
# Static library
*.a
*.la
*.lai
# Shared object
*.so
# Versioned shared object
*.so.*
# Dynamic link library
*.dll
# macOS dynamic library
*.dylib
object_script.*.Release
object_script.*.Debug
*_plugin_import.cpp
/.qmake.cache
/.qmake.stash
*.pro.user
*.pro.user.*
*.qbs.user
*.qbs.user.*
*.moc
moc_*.cpp
moc_*.h
qrc_*.cpp
ui_*.h
*.qmlc
*.jsc
Makefile*
*build-*
*.qm
*.prl
target_wrapper.*
*.autosave
*.qmlproject.user
*.qmlproject.user.*
CMakeLists.txt.user*
# Compilation database
compile_commands.json
*creator.user*
*_qmlcache.qrc

What these Qt rules actually ignore

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

C++ objects and libs

Pattern	What it ignores
`*.slo`	C++ objects and libs
`*.lo`	C++ objects and libs
`*.o`	Object file
`*.a`	Static library
`*.la`	C++ objects and libs
`*.lai`	C++ objects and libs
`*.so`	Shared object
`.so.`	Versioned shared object
`*.dll`	Dynamic link library
`*.dylib`	macOS dynamic library

Qt-es

Pattern	What it ignores
`object_script.*.Release`	Qt-es
`object_script.*.Debug`	Qt-es
`*_plugin_import.cpp`	Qt-es
`/.qmake.cache`	Qt-es
`/.qmake.stash`	Qt-es
`*.pro.user`	Qt-es
`.pro.user.`	Qt-es
`*.qbs.user`	Qt-es
`.qbs.user.`	Qt-es
`*.moc`	Qt-es
`moc_*.cpp`	Qt-es
`moc_*.h`	Qt-es
`qrc_*.cpp`	Qt-es
`ui_*.h`	Qt-es
`*.qmlc`	Qt-es
`*.jsc`	Qt-es
`Makefile*`	Qt-es
`build-`	Qt-es
`*.qm`	Qt-es
`*.prl`	Qt-es

Qt unit tests

Pattern	What it ignores
`target_wrapper.*`	Qt unit tests

QtCreator

Pattern	What it ignores
`*.autosave`	QtCreator

QtCreator Qml

Pattern	What it ignores
`*.qmlproject.user`	QtCreator Qml
`.qmlproject.user.`	QtCreator Qml

QtCreator CMake

Pattern	What it ignores
`CMakeLists.txt.user*`	QtCreator CMake

QtCreator 4.8< compilation database

Pattern	What it ignores
`compile_commands.json`	Compilation database

QtCreator local machine specific files for imported projects

Pattern	What it ignores
`creator.user`	QtCreator local machine specific files for imported projects
`*_qmlcache.qrc`	QtCreator local machine specific files for imported projects

How to use this .gitignore for Qt

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

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