From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Thielow Subject: why no "ignore" command on git Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:35:23 +0200 Message-ID: <42efdea40910141535g23a50b87p9b6c4a0fde7e842e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Oct 15 00:48:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MyCdh-0003sC-Py for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:48:14 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761276AbZJNWgC (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761253AbZJNWgB (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:01 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f208.google.com ([209.85.219.208]:33732 "EHLO mail-ew0-f208.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761232AbZJNWgA (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:00 -0400 Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so296863ewy.37 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:35:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=8ToOxpgGHdBV8IK1H7d8QAKms9yztzJT23cZRmWlyxs=; b=gKQ2rdSZKg/0TfRw++rUgqGckhzfbWrIz8kvCUwIm5cZECpmBV5mCxJy8c9PA2iXYp xgZK3IHREfAz1jBMbdKc81ugtsrkQwPX2BhAK6wFzp6iADoTGJFCJdJRcQ/IERair5jR qAHPHo6Omt0zEOl7kE1ig3Dr77pccbLfgikpU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=kXsXFS1UQm+ci6I1eSD9CKXF9VsCC1ZqJvEAYqMiF33LETX/O+xOEC7z3ky4y/ZkiV f6SB+H6+jQ6PY7rMSMnxqDWP+Efz39E3nMXn8Qj8zNHHp7+LFalutjU+Vktl/Nx1SNP2 vTS0kuy9dPgSKwxRcRL0kQktk+viV08xyocI4= Received: by 10.216.88.209 with SMTP id a59mr3064207wef.50.1255559723279; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:35:23 -0700 (PDT) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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