What folders should be git ignored in React Native project?
gitignore.io suggests the following .gitignore file for react-native:
Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/reactnative
### ReactNative ###
# React Native Stack Base
### ReactNative.Xcode Stack ###
# Xcode
#
# gitignore contributors: remember to update Global/Xcode.gitignore, Objective-C.gitignore & Swift.gitignore
## Build generated
build/
DerivedData/
## Various settings
*.pbxuser
!default.pbxuser
*.mode1v3
!default.mode1v3
*.mode2v3
!default.mode2v3
*.perspectivev3
!default.perspectivev3
xcuserdata/
## Other
*.moved-aside
*.xccheckout
*.xcscmblueprint
### ReactNative.Node Stack ###
# Logs
logs
*.log
npm-debug.log*
yarn-debug.log*
yarn-error.log*
# Runtime data
pids
*.pid
*.seed
*.pid.lock
# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
lib-cov
# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
coverage
# nyc test coverage
.nyc_output
# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
.grunt
# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
bower_components
# node-waf configuration
.lock-wscript
# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
build/Release
# Dependency directories
node_modules/
jspm_packages/
# Typescript v1 declaration files
typings/
# Optional npm cache directory
.npm
# Optional eslint cache
.eslintcache
# Optional REPL history
.node_repl_history
# Output of 'npm pack'
*.tgz
# Yarn Integrity file
.yarn-integrity
# dotenv environment variables file
.env
### ReactNative.Buck Stack ###
buck-out/
.buckconfig.local
.buckd/
.buckversion
.fakebuckversion
### ReactNative.macOS Stack ###
*.DS_Store
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride
# Icon must end with two \r
Icon
# Thumbnails
._*
# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
.DocumentRevisions-V100
.fseventsd
.Spotlight-V100
.TemporaryItems
.Trashes
.VolumeIcon.icns
.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
.AppleDB
.AppleDesktop
Network Trash Folder
Temporary Items
.apdisk
### ReactNative.Gradle Stack ###
.gradle
**/build/
# Ignore Gradle GUI config
gradle-app.setting
# Avoid ignoring Gradle wrapper jar file (.jar files are usually ignored)
!gradle-wrapper.jar
# Cache of project
.gradletasknamecache
# # Work around https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-116898
# gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
### ReactNative.Android Stack ###
# Built application files
*.apk
*.ap_
# Files for the ART/Dalvik VM
*.dex
# Java class files
*.class
# Generated files
bin/
gen/
out/
# Gradle files
.gradle/
# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties
# Proguard folder generated by Eclipse
proguard/
# Log Files
# Android Studio Navigation editor temp files
.navigation/
# Android Studio captures folder
captures/
# Intellij
*.iml
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/gradle.xml
.idea/dictionaries
.idea/libraries
# External native build folder generated in Android Studio 2.2 and later
.externalNativeBuild
# Freeline
freeline.py
freeline/
freeline_project_description.json
### ReactNative.Linux Stack ###
*~
# temporary files which can be created if a process still has a handle open of a deleted file
.fuse_hidden*
# KDE directory preferences
.directory
# Linux trash folder which might appear on any partition or disk
.Trash-*
# .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
.nfs*
# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/reactnative
React Native CLI creates a .gitignore file when you start a new project:
react-native init <ProjectName>
It covers all the basics that should/can be ignored.
Source: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/template/_gitignore