ignoring files without using .gitignore

Quick one: TIL you can ignore files without having to specify them in your .gitignore file.

Why do this? Well, I wanted a way to store some information that are not super relevant to a project (e.g. link dumps, commonly-used commands).

Anyway, you can do this by editing (or creating) .git/info/exclude.

• github - How do I create/ add to a .git/info/exclude file to ignore files locally? - Stack Overflow
• Ignore files in Git without adding them to .gitignore | Luis Dalmolin