Rust .gitignore Template
The full, current Rust .gitignore template — copy it as-is, or head to the .gitignore Generator to merge it with other stacks into one file.
Template
# Generated by Cargo # will have compiled files and executables debug target # These are backup files generated by rustfmt **/*.rs.bk # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information *.pdb # Generated by cargo mutants # Contains mutation testing data **/mutants.out*/ # rustc will dump stack traces when hitting an internal compiler error to PWD rustc-ice-*.txt # RustRover # JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can # be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore # and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file. For a more nuclear # option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder. #.idea/
What each entry does
Why every line in this template is excluded, not just what it matches.
| Entry | Why it's excluded |
|---|---|
| debug | A generated/local directory (debug) — excluded because its contents are either build output or machine-specific state, not source you'd want to review in a diff. |
| target | Rust/Cargo's (and Maven's) build output directory — large, fully derived from source, and machine-specific. |
| **/*.rs.bk | Files matching **/*.rs.bk — a generated or machine-specific file type for this stack, safe to regenerate rather than track. |
| *.pdb | A debug symbol file generated alongside a compiled binary — build output, and can be large. |
| **/mutants.out*/ | A generated/local directory (**/mutants.out*) — excluded because its contents are either build output or machine-specific state, not source you'd want to review in a diff. |
| rustc-ice-*.txt | Files matching rustc-ice-*.txt — a generated or machine-specific file type for this stack, safe to regenerate rather than track. |