This is my 1st "real" Kotlin project, i.e. source code will be managed through Azure DevOps with Git. When creating a new repository from DevOps, there's a 'Add a .gitignore' field in the dialog with several options. For previous projects, we used to select "VisualStudio" because it's the IDE we used for these projects. However, for a kotlin project, would you select the obvious "kotlin" option? Or the "Gradle" option since the code will be built with it? Or some other option? Thanks in advance!

It depends what these default templates contain. I think

gradle

will cover more things, but also it’s not a problem to simply add stuff to gitignore once you realize something’s missing

You're right, it's not set in stone anyway. But I just wanted to have the best template going in. Gradle has probably more stuff like you said.

At work I used gitignore.io and combined the kotlin and android gitignores for the best coverage. I'd select the Gradle option and then augment the gitignore using gitignore.io

Good idea. The one I got with the Gradle option is very small. I'll try gitignore.io to see what I can get.