title: How to ignore .gitignore files in git status?
body: <p>When I run <code>git status</code>, it lists a bunch of <code>.gitignore</code> files that I am not interested in seeing in the list (they got updated locally by <code>Eclipse</code>).  I browsed numerous posts in regards to this seemingly common issue but none of the suggested solutions worked for me.</p>
  
  <p>E.g. I went into <code>~/.gitconfig</code> and found that</p>
  
  <p><code>excludesfile = ~/.gitignore_global</code></p>
  
  <p>Then I went into that file and added <code>.gitignore</code> at the tail but that did not change anything.</p>
  
  <p>How do I effectively ignore .gitignore files in git status so they don't clutter the view?</p>