From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Alexander Berntsen <alexander@plaimi.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] .gitignore: Ignore editor backup and swap files
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:56:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52D863AF.30506@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtxd3y43b.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
On 16/01/14 22:06, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Alexander Berntsen <alexander@plaimi.net> writes:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Berntsen <alexander@plaimi.net>
>> ---
>> .gitignore | 2 ++
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
>> index b5f9def..2905c21 100644
>> --- a/.gitignore
>> +++ b/.gitignore
>> @@ -240,3 +240,5 @@
>> *.pdb
>> /Debug/
>> /Release/
>> +*~
>> +.*.swp
>
> I personally do not mind listing these common ones too much, but if
> I am not mistaken, our policy on this file so far has been that it
> lists build artifacts, and not personal preference (the *.swp entry
> is useless for those who never use vim, for example).
>
> These paths that depend on your choice of the editor and other tools
> can still be managed in your personal .git/info/exclude in the
> meantime.
As a vim user, I have these set in my ~/.gitignore file, which I refer
to from ~/.gitconfig using core.excludesfile. ;-)
ATB,
Ramsay Jones
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-16 22:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-16 21:19 [PATCH] .gitignore: Ignore editor backup and swap files Alexander Berntsen
2014-01-16 22:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-01-16 22:15 ` Alexander Berntsen
2014-01-16 22:43 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-01-17 6:20 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-01-16 22:56 ` Ramsay Jones [this message]
2014-01-17 4:48 ` David Kastrup
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