hermes-config/skills/self-hosting/gitea-self-hosted/references/nginx-config-gitignore.md

.gitignore for /etc/nginx/ (and similar system config dirs)

Patterns to exclude from a system config git repo:

# Nginx log files
*.log
access.log
error.log

# Backup files (generated by config management or manual edits)
*.bak-*

# Generated/temporary files
*.swp
*.swo
*~
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db

The *.bak-* glob is critical — nginx config tools and manual edits often create timestamped backups like nginx.conf.bak-20260707-184147. Without this, every backup pollutes the repo.