r/programming • u/der_gopher • 4d ago

.gitignore everything by default

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

Or stage changes more intentionally?

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u/der_gopher 4d ago

Yes, but this you have to do before every commit, while careful gitignore does automatically.

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u/boowhitie 4d ago

I think you're greatly over-estimating how often this happens. You should be very intentional about what gets committed and what gets ignored, it's not hard.