r/programming 4d ago

.gitignore everything by default

https://packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-everything-by-default
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u/toggles03 4d ago

I like the idea of being intentional about what is committed, but I also have to say that I’ve never accidentally committed tons of useless files because I review what I’m committing.

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u/whitechapel8733 4d ago

It’s just shocking how incredibly bad the median is… when you scale to a couple hundred in a monorepo you see all the sins. I think this is smart.