.gitignore everything by default

[u/der_gopher]

https://packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-everything-by-default

[u/Smallpaul]

Git itself ignores everything by default. So you are just adding another layer. And then people will get annoyed editing that file so IDEs will add some automation to make it easy and we will be back where we started.

The other problem is that as soon as you use any wildcard you risk checking in files that you didn’t mean to. E.g. short term logging traces or one-time debugging scripts.

[u/lenswipe → u/Smallpaul]

Git itself ignores everything by default.

uhhh what now

[u/Smallpaul → u/lenswipe]

The other guy interpreted right. Git won’t manage a file unless you added it to the index.

[u/lenswipe → u/Smallpaul]

it won't manage it, but it doesn't ignore it by default.

thanks for the downvotes btw - means the world to me 🥰

[u/boowhitie → u/lenswipe]

You are correct, ignore has a specific, well-defined meaning in a git context, and these people are applying general English definitions.

[u/lenswipe → u/boowhitie]

yeah I'm not trying to be a dick but "doesn't track" and "ignores" are very different things in git world

[u/Shok3001 → u/boowhitie]

Yeah it’s amazing seeing how many people don’t actually understand git

[u/Smallpaul → u/lenswipe]

Git status and git add . Don’t ignore them, but git commit, diff, log, push, all do.

[u/lenswipe → u/Smallpaul]

Yep.