Re: why no "ignore" command on git

[Scott Wiersdorf <scott@perlcode.org>]

git does have a command to ignore files and directories: it's called
'emacs' (or 'vim' on some systems).

Seriously, the .gitignore file can contain a complex set of patterns
to ignore, and you can have .gitignore files at lower directories in a
hierarchy to override higher ones. This isn't something easily
contained in a simple command.

Scott


On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:35:23AM +0200, Ralf Thielow wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> why does git don't have an "ignore" command, to ignore some files or
> directories all the time.
> In many project file structures you have IDE specified project files
> or directories which
> should not be tracked on git. All the time git says that you can add
> these files, this is not
> usable if you want to add many files with the "git add ." command.
> I read on some pages by a google search that you can create
> a ".gitignore" directory or something like that. But you had to do
> this manually.
> 
> why there is no "ignore" command on git?
> 
> best regards
> 
> Ralf
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