From 7e058a3d0ed3cad7875fd9479cf86886d83695d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aayushcodex17 <aayushcodex@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:34:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add .gitignore for Java/Spring Boot project

Excludes compiled classes, Maven target/, IDE files, OS artifacts,
and sensitive environment/secret property files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .gitignore | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 549e00a..bba3966 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,33 +1,44 @@
-HELP.md
+# Compiled class files
+*.class
+
+# Log files
+*.log
+
+# Package Files
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+
+# Maven
 target/
-!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
-!**/src/main/**/target/
-!**/src/test/**/target/
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+release.properties
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+.mvn/timing.properties
+.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
 
-### STS ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-.sts4-cache
+# Spring Boot
+application-local.properties
+application-dev.properties
+application-prod.properties
 
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea
-*.iws
+# IDE
+.idea/
 *.iml
-*.ipr
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings/
+.vscode/
 
-### NetBeans ###
-/nbproject/private/
-/nbbuild/
-/dist/
-/nbdist/
-/.nb-gradle/
-build/
-!**/src/main/**/build/
-!**/src/test/**/build/
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
 
-### VS Code ###
-.vscode/
+# Environment / Secrets
+.env
+*.env
+application-secret.properties