From 7ad9e65d65ff641d64bbed206880579e33361b59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner Linsley <tannerlinsley@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 12:12:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore generated route tree in gitignore

---
 .changeset/quiet-lamps-cough.md                   |  5 +++++
 .../frameworks/react/project/base/_dot_gitignore  |  1 +
 .../frameworks/solid/project/base/_dot_gitignore  |  1 +
 packages/create/tests/framework-template.test.ts  | 15 +++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/quiet-lamps-cough.md
 create mode 100644 packages/create/tests/framework-template.test.ts

diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-lamps-cough.md b/.changeset/quiet-lamps-cough.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5ecc7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quiet-lamps-cough.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@tanstack/create": patch
+---
+
+Ignore the generated route tree in new React and Solid app gitignores.
diff --git a/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/project/base/_dot_gitignore b/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/project/base/_dot_gitignore
index 8b25bb54..a0789a6e 100644
--- a/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/project/base/_dot_gitignore
+++ b/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/project/base/_dot_gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist-ssr
 .env
 .nitro
 .tanstack
+src/routeTree.gen.ts
 .wrangler
 .output
 .vinxi
diff --git a/packages/create/src/frameworks/solid/project/base/_dot_gitignore b/packages/create/src/frameworks/solid/project/base/_dot_gitignore
index e2395bd8..65dfcdc1 100644
--- a/packages/create/src/frameworks/solid/project/base/_dot_gitignore
+++ b/packages/create/src/frameworks/solid/project/base/_dot_gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist-ssr
 .env
 .nitro
 .tanstack
+src/routeTree.gen.ts
 .wrangler
 .output
 .vinxi
diff --git a/packages/create/tests/framework-template.test.ts b/packages/create/tests/framework-template.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e09a9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create/tests/framework-template.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { createFrameworkDefinition as createReactFrameworkDefinition } from '../src/frameworks/react/index.js'
+import { createFrameworkDefinition as createSolidFrameworkDefinition } from '../src/frameworks/solid/index.js'
+
+describe('framework templates', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['React', createReactFrameworkDefinition],
+    ['Solid', createSolidFrameworkDefinition],
+  ])('%s gitignore excludes the generated route tree', (_, createDefinition) => {
+    const framework = createDefinition()
+
+    expect(framework.base._dot_gitignore).toContain('src/routeTree.gen.ts')
+  })
+})