Re: [dev] [surf] introduce .gitignore

From: Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:40:52 +0100

If you realy need a .gitignore, you can use your own locally:
just add
echo "/.gitignore" >> .gitignore
and the .gitignore file itself as well as everything else matching the
ignore patterns will not show up in "git status" anymore.

--Markus


Am 14.03.2013 20:52, schrieb Alexander Huemer:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 05:51:14PM +0100, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:51:14 +0100 Christian Hesse <list_AT_eworm.de>
>> wrote:
>> > this introduces file .gitignore and makes git ignore files
>> generates
>> > on build process.
>>
>> Why is this needed? When suckless moves to the next hip vcs on the
>> block
>> another file needs to be introduced. So: No, just don’t add these
>> files
>> to be tracked and the changes will not be committed as change.
>>
>
> It's best practice to have a .gitignore file.
> I recommend it for all suckless subprojects.
> You want to explicitly tell the VCS which files are not of interest
> for
> it, it can not know by itself.
> The move to a different VCS occurs very seldomly, in this case the
> infrastructure has to be adopted. Porting the file ignore list is a
> very
> easy task.
> What are the downsides of having this besides the VCS move thing?
>
> Kind regards,
> -Alexander Huemer
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