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 5. `git push origin master` is an optional step that will update your fork on github
  
 You can also perform the git commands using the git client inside Eclipse.  Refer to the Eclipse git manual.
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+### IDEs and .gitignore
+
+The projects [.gitignore](/.gitignore) already ignores certain artifacts from some IDEs, but if you'd like to use something else, you can set up git to ignore the necessary files at a global level (all git projects on the computer)
+
+It is always good to check that you haven't done this already: `git config --global --get core.excludesfile`
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+For Linux/BSD/OSX: `git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore'`
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+For Windows: `git config --global core.excludesfile '%USERPROFILE%\.gitignore'`
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+When you `git config --global --get core.excludesfile` a second time, you should get a file location back.