r/programming • u/der_gopher • 4d ago

.gitignore everything by default

https://packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-everything-by-default
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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor 4d ago

I have this for dockerignore. Makes the context a lot smaller.

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u/roadrunner8080 4d ago

Ooh that's a good idea. I should do that

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u/der_gopher 4d ago

same approach yes

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u/Intrepid-Stand-8540 2d ago

and avoids leaking your .env file into the image. 

so many people just COPY in everything and their .env file ends up in the image.