On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 09:06:53PM -0500, Mark Wartman wrote: > I saw this pretty exhaustive .gitignore list that a GitHub Help page > linked to: 9257657 <https://gist.github.com/octocat/9257657> . Are > these configurations from the list something one should install on the > User/global level, or do you recommend managing it in each and every > project repository? If those appear helpful for your project(s), then sure; but this is up to you. > Concerning these items below, when I said I get these when running a: > git config —list > > credential.helper-osxkeychain > filter.lfs.clean=git=lfs clean — %f > filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge — %f > filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process > filter.lfs.required=true > > I suspect that the GitHub GUI tool has installed them. Do you find > that possible? I ask because I did not write them. Yes, I believe that GitHub Desktop runs 'git lfs install', which adds these to your configuration. Thanks, Taylor