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git_ignore [2019/02/20 07:55] – [Four levels of ignoring files] rpjdaygit_ignore [2019/02/22 18:18] (current) – [Debugging gitignore files] rpjday
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 The Linux kernel source repo has over 200 ''.gitignore'' files. The Linux kernel source repo has over 200 ''.gitignore'' files.
-===== Advanced cleaning =====+===== Advanced ignoring =====
  
 ==== Four levels of ignoring files ==== ==== Four levels of ignoring files ====
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   * Patterns read from the file specified by the configuration variable ''core.excludesFile'' (possibly ''~/.my_ignorefile'').   * Patterns read from the file specified by the configuration variable ''core.excludesFile'' (possibly ''~/.my_ignorefile'').
  
-===== Rationale for different levels of gitignore files =====+==== Rationale for different levels of gitignore files ====
  
   * Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to other repositories via clone (i.e., files that //all// developers will want to ignore) should go into a ''.gitignore'' file that comes with the repository.   * Patterns which should be version-controlled and distributed to other repositories via clone (i.e., files that //all// developers will want to ignore) should go into a ''.gitignore'' file that comes with the repository.
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 </code> </code>
  
-===== Debugging gitignore files =====+==== Debugging gitignore files ====
  
 <code> <code>
 $ man git-check-ignore $ man git-check-ignore
 </code> </code>
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 +===== gitignore gotchas =====
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 +  * Since ''.gitignore'' is a versioned file, checking out a different commit might result in a different ''.gitignore'' file, causing unexpected behaviour.
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