How to do it...

Using your favorite text editor, create a .gitignore file at the root of your Django project and put the following files and directories there:

# .gitignore
### Python template
# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
*$py.class

# Installer logs
pip-log.txt
pip-delete-this-directory.txt

# Unit test / coverage reports
htmlcov/
.tox/
.nox/
.coverage
.coverage.*
.cache
nosetests.xml
coverage.xml
*.cover
.hypothesis/
.pytest_cache/

# Translations
*.mo
*.pot

# Django stuff:
*.log
db.sqlite3

# Sphinx documentation
docs/_build/

# IPython
profile_default/
ipython_config.py

# Environments
env/

# Media and Static directories
/media/
!/media/.gitkeep

/static/
!/static/.gitkeep

# Secrets
secrets.json