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I want to commit the minimum amount of files and still be able to checkout and have it working without ANY work. This will be specifically used for a Phonegap iOS application. However, any relation to iOS apps will be great.

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Essentially you may ignore only the builds/ folder as the files in there are generated every build. Have been working in a project with other develops having only this folder .gitignore'd.

If you wish, you may ignore several other files to make your repository as clean as possible.

Another way to commit as little as possible is to use external library managements, such as CocoaPods. Just remember to ignore Pods/ folder and run pod install when first running the project on a new computer.

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  • I can say that deleting the build folder gave a couple errors. However, I did delete Hook's folder and WWW folder from under project root. Since the real app is placed in: appRoot/platforms/android/Assets/www, then the primary www folder is deletable. – Itamar Jan 26 '16 at 13:57
  • @Itamar you're only supposed to **ignore** the `builds/` folder, not delete it completely. Nevertheless, this folder is re-created every time the project builds, so that shouldn't be a problem. – mathielo Jan 26 '16 at 14:04
  • I understand the logic and process, but if I commit everything except the builds/ folder, and I checkout on a different PC, I will not have the builds/ folder. When I run it following the checkout I get a missing file from builds/ folder error. – Itamar Jan 26 '16 at 14:15
  • Maybe that's an Xcode 6 specific issue. It works fine like that in Xcode 7+. – mathielo Jan 26 '16 at 14:16