Re: Automatically Add .gitignore Files

[Thangalin <thangalin@gmail.com>]

Hi Duy,

> This is a general problem to new files, not .gitignore alone. Can we

The difference, to me, is that a ".gitignore" file is not part of what
I'm developing. It's an artifact for git configuration. While a
.gitignore file is not always pushed to the repository, I imagine that
in most situations, it is.

Whereas when a "new" file is created, there are plenty of situations
where it shouldn't be added and thus a warning would be superfluous,
or an automatic add would be undesirable.

To solve the problem, generally, for new files while giving the user
the ability to specify exactly what "new" files should be
automatically added to the repository, something like the following
would work:

echo "**/.gitignore" >> .git/config/add-before-commit

> and perhaps you want to make it a habit to run it before committing.

Right, because software shouldn't automate repetitive tasks and humans
are never prone to forget? ;-)