# Gitignore Recommendations in Docs **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/gitignore-recommendations-in-docs/1164 "2022-01-04T01:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Catanzariti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/patrick_catanzariti/32/39_2.png) [@Patrick\_Catanzariti](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Patrick_Catanzariti)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/gitignore-recommendations-in-docs/1164/1 "2022-01-04T01:43:27Z")
It would be great to have gitignore recommendations, or a sample gitignore for devs to use with info on what to store and not store in git repos. One example: would it be best to not store: /Resources/ARDK/ArdkAuthConfig.asset as it includes the API key? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Becker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/michael_becker/32/295_2.png) [@Michael\_Becker](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Michael_Becker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/gitignore-recommendations-in-docs/1164/2 "2022-01-04T01:51:56Z")
as a sidenote, publishing the ARDK directly to the Unity asset store (/registry) will allow developers to include it in a much more streamlined fashion (i.e through the package manager) which will also greatly contribute to version control, project collaboration and general sanity. @Patrick_Catanzariti : probably telling you what you already know, but FWIW I’ve been using the [vanilla Unity Gitignore](https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Unity.gitignore) and added that file as well as the examples… ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Catanzariti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/patrick_catanzariti/32/39_2.png) [@Patrick\_Catanzariti](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Patrick_Catanzariti)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/gitignore-recommendations-in-docs/1164/3 "2022-01-04T03:02:40Z")
Thanks @Michael_Becker ! Yeah, I’ve currently got typical Unity gitignore stuff as generated by [gitignore.io - Create Useful .gitignore Files For Your Project](https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore) But I was foolish and only just realised the API key file was there too, so I’ll need to check my repos for other Lightship projects I’ve been working on - which led to me thinking others probably won’t think of it either so we should have a subtle mention somewhere for new devs 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_Brown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/erik_brown/32/25_2.png) [@Erik\_Brown](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Erik_Brown)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/gitignore-recommendations-in-docs/1164/4 "2022-01-04T16:23:21Z")
Hello Patrick and Michael, thank you both. Those are excellent suggestions, and important to consider. I’ll pass this information forward to engineering. ---
**Author:** ![FGR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/niantic/user_avatar/community.nianticspatial.com/fgr/32/209_2.png) [@FGR](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/FGR)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/gitignore-recommendations-in-docs/1164/5 "2022-01-05T13:00:57Z")
@Michael_Becker I totally agree with you and already submitted a request for ARDK being available through the Package Manager [here](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/make-ardk-available-in-the-unity-package-manager/674) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maverick\_Niantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Maverick\_Niantic](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Maverick_Niantic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/gitignore-recommendations-in-docs/1164/6 "2026-03-05T23:48:01Z")
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