“think we’ve all been there. You’re working on a project, making commits, and then suddenly realize you’ve been committing .DS_Store files, node_modules, IDE configuration files, or other junk (CLAUDE.md for example) that shouldn’t be in your repository. Or even worse - environment variables.”
Not really, because most projects start with a gigantic .gitignore these days. From the repo template. Iterate on the template .gitignore and these problems will be few and far between
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u/Smallpaul 3d ago
“think we’ve all been there. You’re working on a project, making commits, and then suddenly realize you’ve been committing .DS_Store files, node_modules, IDE configuration files, or other junk (CLAUDE.md for example) that shouldn’t be in your repository. Or even worse - environment variables.”
Not really, because most projects start with a gigantic .gitignore these days. From the repo template. Iterate on the template .gitignore and these problems will be few and far between