A gitignore file for Katalon projects

Published on June 23, 2019

You need to add a gitignore file to your katalon directory or you will have lots of compiled files in your repository and it will be harder to compare changes in diffs when reviewing pull requests. Here is a suitable git ignore file for Katalon projects.

# Katalon Test Suite
*.class
*.swp
Libs/TempTestCase*
Libs/TempTestSuite*
bin/lib/TempTestCase*
Reports/
\.classpath
\.project
\.settings/
bin/lib/
Libs/
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