# Cursorignore and gitignore

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursorignore-and-gitignore/74310>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 2, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursorignore-and-gitignore/74310 "2025-04-02T15:49:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![isCopyman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/iscopyman/32/12285_2.png) [@isCopyman](https://forum.cursor.com/u/isCopyman)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursorignore-and-gitignore/74310/1 "2025-04-02T15:49:31Z")

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How does it work between cursorignore and gitignore in the current latest version? Do files that are in gitignore, but not in cursorignore, get indexed by cursor? This question seems to have been rather vague and I haven’t found any discussion on it

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursorignore-and-gitignore/74310/2 "2026-06-18T10:36:47Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:36am UTC