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

Brian Gernhardt wrote:

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

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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!