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.editorconfig​

The .editorconfig file serves as a configuration file for your text editor, enforcing consistent coding styles across multiple file types in the project. It ensures that different editors follow the same indentation and formatting rules, leading to more readable and maintainable code.

This template provides a .editorconfig file with some sensible defaults.

Read more about the EditorConfig standard at EditorConfig.

.gitignore​

The .gitignore file specifies files and folders that should be ignored by Git, ensuring that they are not tracked or committed to the repository. This helps in keeping the repository clean from files that are not source code, like dependencies and build artifacts.

This template provides a .gitignore file with some sensible defaults to ignore files and folders that are commonly ignored in PHP and Node.js projects.

To ignore OS temporary files use global .gitignore.

Read more about the .gitignore files in the Git documentation.

.gitattributes​

The .gitattributes file sets attributes on a path-by-path basis for the repository, affecting how Git handles certain files. In this case, it specifies files and folders to be excluded when creating distribution archives of the repository.

This template provides a .gitattributes file with some sensible defaults to ignore files and folders when creating an archive for distribution. For example, when creating a release on GitHub.