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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:43:12 -0700
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Hi,

Bostjan Skufca wrote:

> Git is great for tracking code development, but when deploying
> mentioned code by using git itself, various configuration files must
> be created additionally, which are normally .gitignored, for various
> reasons (code portability, sensitive data, etc). There is currently no
> simple way of tracking changes to those critical configuration files
> (at least none that I am aware of).
>
> One way to approach this would be tracking those changes in separate
> git repository.

Have you seen zit
<https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Interfaces,_frontends,_and_tools#Zit>?

Curious,
Jonathan