.gitignore files

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 08/18/2009 06:03 PM, Tobias Kieslich wrote:
> Just for reference, the .gitignorefile cn be version controlled in git
> itself.

Right, which is why I said:
> You'll want to rename it to ".gitignore" (note the leading dot) and
> check it into the root of your module's git repo.

> Depending on that is desireable or not, people can set their own
> personal ignores in .git/info/exclude

I'd think that's pretty desirable.  When we were using git-svn, I was
putting my ignores in .git/info/exclude, but it was such a pain in the
ass when I had multiple clones and had to copy the files around.

(Having said that, I do dislike having repo metadata in the repo itself.)

	-brian