.gitignore Is Inherently Sisyphean

2 comments

• Brajeshwar 11 hours ago
  Yes, the time I used to hook up "rm `find ./ | grep DS_Store`" before anyone do a `git add`
• davydm 11 hours ago
  Cool post.

  I highly suggest using templates from https://github.com/github/gitignore for your project as they tend to include a lot of files commonly found in them - eg .idea folders and so on.

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  • RGBCube 11 hours ago
    They're still not enough. Even with those, it's really easy for stuff to slip in.

    You should just pick the nearly exhaustive option instead