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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
Subject: Re: "exclude" and ".gitignore" for everyone
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:16:04 +0300
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Brian Gernhardt wrote:
> On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> [...]
>> For example I've put "*.[oa]" and "*~" in ./git/info/exclude.  
>> However, the rest of the persons doing commits in the public 
>> repository might not have those entries.  Is everyone required to put 
>> those entries in "exclude" themselves or does Git allow for those to 
>> be automatically added next time they do a "git pull"?
> 
> If you commit a .gitignore, it will be used by everyone.  
> .git/info/exclude is for your personal excludes.  Generally, I'd suggest 
> putting build products in .gitignore and your editor's garbage in 
> exclude.
> [...]
> If you add and commit the .gitignore file it will be picked up by 
> everyone, while whatever backups, temp files, notes, or whatever you use 
> can be kept private in your exclude file.

Thanks, Brian!