::: tip

Global `ignores` is what you need if you want to define files and directories to ignore in a single place and avoid to add the same `ignores` property to every configuration objects.

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In ESLint, there is a concept of global `ignores`, to better explain it let's see first how configuration object works in ESLint.

ESLint configuration file is intended to be used like this: export a single array, that contains multiple [configuration objects](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/configure/configuration-files#configuration-objects), each one being an item of the array.

It's important to note that each configuration object is independent from other ones. Because of that, the `ignores` property defined in one configuration object is not applied to other configuration objects of the array.

export default [

{ name: "config-1", files: "src/**/*.js", ignores: ["**/*.config.js"], ... },

{ name: "config-2", files: "scripts/**/*.js", ignores: ["**/dir/**"], ... },

// ...

];

In the code above, the `ignores` directive of `config-1` is not applied on `config-2`, and vice-versa. If this is what you want, use this pattern.

But if you want to apply a particular `ignores` pattern to all configuration objects of the configuration array, global `ignores` is exactly made for this scenario.

The usage is the following:

* define a configuration object with a single property, `ignores` .

* **don't add any other property** to this configuration object other than `ignores` property.

* place this configuration object as **first item** of the configuration array.

This way every configuration object that follow this one inherit the global `ignores`.

import globals from "globals";

import pluginJs from "@eslint/js";

import tseslint from "typescript-eslint";

export default [

// DO NOT PUT OTHER PROPS IN THIS OBJECT, SO IT

// BEHAVES AS GLOBAL IGNORES

{ ignores: [".config/*", "dist/"] },

// THE IGNORES IS APPLIED ALSO TO THESE FOLLOWING CONFIGS

{ files: ["**/*.{js,mjs,cjs,ts}"] },

{ languageOptions: { globals: globals.browser } },

pluginJs.configs.recommended,

...tseslint.configs.recommended,

];