If you have node installed, uou can run [`npx gitignore`][1] to generate `.gitignore` files:

```bash
npx gitignore VisualStudio
```

[1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gitignore

I've installed Git to do some development using Visual Studio 2008. Most of the work will be new development but we do have some old projects from prior to VS2005 that I want to bring over into the new repository.  There is an existing thread about general [VS/Git integration][1] but my question is limited to the .gitignore file and Visual Studio.

My question has two parts: 

- What entries should be included in the .gitignore file to cover the Visual Studio specific files like binaries, assemblies, debug files, etc?  Some were covered in the thread mentioned above but is there a comprehensive set?

- In what situations have you needed to exclude files globally, or for a single repository, or using the environment variable?

I already know the HOW. Here is an excerpt from the Git [user-manual][2] on ignoring files.

> If you wish the exclude patterns to
> affect only certain repositories
> (instead of every repository for a
> given project), you may instead put
> them in a file in your repository
> named .git/info/exclude, or in any
> file specified by the
> core.excludesfile configuration
> variable. Some git commands can also
> take exclude patterns directly on the
> command line. See [gitignore(5)][3] for the
> details.



  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/507343/using-git-with-visual-studio
  [2]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html
  [3]: http://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

Files to ignore when using Visual Studio with Git

I didn't saw that error message before, but a *workaround* would be to:

- [rename the current child stream][1] (which no longer has the right default parent),
- make an new child stream from the integration stream, and rebasing it with the right baseline from its default parent (the integration stream),
- make the first child stream (the one with the issue) obsolete,
- go on from there. 


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4733842/6309

When I go to rebase my development stream with the latest baseline, the current integration stream does not automatically show up.  Instead I get a list of all the available streams.  When I select the integration stream from the list, I get the following error:

> Because this stream has no default stream from which to retrieve
recommended baselines, the baseline list has been seeded with
the stream's current foundation baselines.

> To proceed, you'll need to edit the baseline list directly.
(Click 'Advanced' to view/edit the baseline list.)

When I go to Project Explorer, and look at recommended baselines, everything shows up correctly. 

This had been working correctly historically.  What can I do to set the default stream back to the integration stream?
