Re: User-wide ignore list

Hi,

[Cc'ed Duy, as he raised the same concerns.]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

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Is there a way to have a per-user ignore list in git?

It's not really per user, but how about doing it with templates?

Correct me if I'm wrong (I didn't really find a documentation for 
templates), but I believe this would only apply to newly created 
project.

Yes. However, you can safely call "git init" in an _existing_ repo. It 
does not overwrite existing files.
 

Then, it doesn't apply if I clone the project of someone using another 
editor for example, nor to my old projects if I add something to the 
list of things I want to ignore.

"git clone" implicitly calls "git init"; Therefore you get the templates, 
too. But you're right, if you already edited .git/info/exclude, this will 
not overwrite it.

Of course, you could fiddle with ~/.gitconfig, or even ~/.gitignore, but I 
suggest that you first think about a sane syntax.

Also note that this opens the door for shooting-in-the-foot; files you are 
certain you want ignored can show up in a cloned repo all to easy.

Ciao,
Dscho