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diff --git a/_posts/2010-01-28-git-ignore.markdown b/_posts/2010-01-28-git-ignore.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 2c2ad40..0000000 --- a/_posts/2010-01-28-git-ignore.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: default -title: Ignoring files -description: How to tell git to ignore files -categories: intermediate ---- - -<p class="intro">From time to time there are files you don't want git to track. There are a few methods of telling git what files to ignore.</p> - -.gitignore ----------- - -If you create a file in your repo named `.gitignore` git will use its rules when looking at files to commit. Note that git will **not** ignore a file that was already tracked before a rule was added to this file to ignore it. In such a case the file must be un-tracked, usually with `git rm --cached filename` - -This file can be committed into the repo, thus sharing the rule list with any other users that clone the repo. - -Note that you can create a `.gitignore` in any subpath to have its rules applied at that path. Sometimes an empty `.gitignore` file is used as a placeholder for an empty path, for example to force git to generate a `log/` path for your development environment to use. - -Global .gitignore -------------- - -A global .gitignore file can also be used by adding one to your global git config. For example, you might create the file `~/.gitignore_global` and add some rules to it. To add this to your config, run `git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global` - -Some good rules to add to this file: - -<pre> -# Compiled source # -################### -*.com -*.class -*.dll -*.exe -*.o -*.so - -# Packages # -############ -# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source -# git has its own built in compression methods -*.7z -*.dmg -*.gz -*.iso -*.jar -*.rar -*.tar -*.zip - -# Logs and databases # -###################### -*.log -*.sql -*.sqlite - -# OS generated files # -###################### -.DS_Store? -ehthumbs.db -Icon? -Thumbs.db -</pre> - -Repo exclude ------------ - -Local per-repo rules can be added to the `.git/info/exclude` file in your repo. These rules *are not committed* with the repo so they are not shared with others. This method can be used for locally-generated files that you don't expect other users to generate, like files created by your editor. - -Links ------ - -* [Pro Git](http://progit.org/book/ch2-2.html) -* [gitignore man page](http://www.kernel.org/pub//software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html) |