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On 12/20/2010 2:21 PM, George Spelvin wrote:
> 1) .gitignore.  If the files are such that you never want git to pay
>     attention to them, you can add them to the .gitignore file.

My own preferred pattern is to flip the default: I put a '*' in 
.gitignore and use "add -f" when I want files tracked.

AK