Re: git pull not ignoring the file which has been sent to the temporary ignore list

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:20:46AM +0630, Arup Rakshit wrote:

On Friday, January 23, 2015 01:14:03 PM you wrote:

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There are some configuration files, like `database.yml`, where we
generally put our local DB credentials and we don't want to share such
things. That's why we always put related settings inside the
.gitignore file. But  while I will change it, git will not track the
changes of the file, but .gitignore. That's why I used the first
thread command. But when the time the came to take a `git pull`, I got
to know about the mess. What should be the ideal decision in this case
?

In an ideal sittuation, configuration data is not stored inside git,
because this would tie the code only to one environment.

So what you would store in git is a template of the configuration data,
that can be used to create the actual config file that is used.

This way, you don't have any problems with having to change tracked
files only for you local environment.