Re: "exclude" and ".gitignore" for everyone

On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

I'm a first-time Git user.  I found out how to ignore files with  
Git. 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.   
For example:

project/.gitignore:
-------------------
*.o
*.a
random.tmp

project/.git/info/exclude:
--------------------------
.*.swp
*~
/my-todo.txt

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.

~~ Brian