Git Ignore for a Java Eclipse Project

Recently I started to play around a side projct again and I came to the sad conclusion that I've forgotten a lot about Git.  Among the things I've forgotten is how to create a gitignore file and even what to put in one.  There are plenty of tutorials on how to make a gitignore file out there, but I couldn't find any good examples of a gitignore file for a Java EE environment.  Luckily for me, I have some git master friends and they shared their gitignore with me and since I would like to remember it, here it is.

	# Directories #
	/build/
	/bin/
	target/
	# OS Files #
	.DS_Store
	*.class
	# Package Files #
	*.jar
	*.war
	*.ear
	*.db
	######################
	# Windows
	######################
	# Windows image file caches
	Thumbs.db
	# Folder config file
	Desktop.ini
	######################
	# OSX
	######################
	.DS_Store
	.svn
	# Thumbnails
	._*
	# Files that might appear on external disk
	.Spotlight-V100
	.Trashes
	######################
	# Eclipse
	######################
	*.pydevproject
	.project
	.metadata
	bin/**
	tmp/**
	tmp/**/*
	*.tmp
	*.bak
	*.swp
	*~.nib
	local.properties
	.classpath
	.settings/
	.loadpath
	/src/main/resources/rebel.xml
	# External tool builders
	.externalToolBuilders/
	# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
	*.launch
	# CDT-specific
	.cproject
	# PDT-specific
	.buildpath

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