git

Personal git identity + XDG-aware ignore rules. Multi-identity via includeIf for work repos under ~/work/.

config

[user]
    name = Nishanth Gobi
    email = [email protected]
[rerere]
    enabled = true

# Work identity lives outside this repo (machine-local, not tracked).
# Create ~/.config/git/work.local with [user] + signing settings,
# and any repo under ~/work/ will use it.
[includeIf "gitdir:~/work/"]
    path = ~/.config/git/work.local

Work identity (machine-local, not tracked)

The [includeIf "gitdir:~/work/"] block loads ~/.config/git/work.local when you're inside any repo under ~/work/. Create that file locally — do not commit it to dotfiles:

# ~/.config/git/work.local
[user]
    name = Work Name
    email = [email protected]
    signingkey = ~/.ssh/id_git_signing_sk.pub
[commit]
    gpgsign = true
[gpg]
    format = ssh
[gpg "ssh"]
    allowedSignersFile = ~/.config/git/work.allowed_signers

Also create ~/.config/git/work.allowed_signers with one line per allowed signer (email + SSH pubkey). Both files stay machine-local.

Any repo at ~/work/foo/ → uses work identity + signing. Anywhere else → uses personal identity, no signing.

Global ignore

# OS-specific
.DS_Store
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride
Icon?

# General Dev
node_modules/
.env
.env.local
.vscode/
.idea/
*.log
**/.claude/settings.local.json

# Python/Caches
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
.pytest_cache/