* Re: [gitgitgadget/git] Adding git-ignore command, tests, and documentation. (#264)
[not found] ` <gitgitgadget/git/pull/264/c512358757@github.com>
@ 2019-07-17 17:12 ` Thurston Stone
2019-07-17 17:15 ` Thurston Stone
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thurston Stone @ 2019-07-17 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com
> Wouldn't this simpler to type and less error prone, as you do
> have to
> $ cd path/to/the
> ... work in that deep
> ... realize that file.txt in that directory needs ignoring ...
> $ echo file.txt > .gitignore
that would have "path/to/the/.gitignore" which contains "file.txt".
Whereas that does work fine, it can be cumbersome to manage a multitude
gitignore files (it can get out of hand). If a policy is in place to
consolidate this management into the root gitignore, they'd have to run:
$ cd path/to/the
... work in that deep directory ...
... realize that file.txt in that directory needs ignoring ...
... know relative path of both desired ignore file and cwd ...
$ echo path/to/the/file.txt > ../../../.gitignore
... or with this script ...
$ git ignore path/to/the/file.txt
Another example might be when the code is deeper embeded, like a
java library path.
$ cd code/src/com/mylib
... work under that directory ...
... realize subclass/helpers/testdata.json needs ignoring ...
... need to know the full path of ignore file, cwd, and
the relative path to root gitignore ...
$ echo code/src/com/mylib/subclass/helpers/testdata.json > ../../../../.gitignore
- or the more intuitive: -
$ git ignore subclass/helpers/testdata.json
- both ending in the same result
$ cat ${REPO_ROOT}/.gitignore
code/src/com/mylib/subclass/helpers/testdata.json
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* Re: [gitgitgadget/git] Adding git-ignore command, tests, and documentation. (#264)
2019-07-17 17:12 ` [gitgitgadget/git] Adding git-ignore command, tests, and documentation. (#264) Thurston Stone
@ 2019-07-17 17:15 ` Thurston Stone
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thurston Stone @ 2019-07-17 17:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com
my mistake, my last email should have read:
$ cd path/to/the
... work in that deep directory ...
... realize that file.txt in that directory needs ignoring ...
... know relative path of both desired ignore file and cwd ...
$ echo path/to/the/file.txt > ../../../.gitignore
... or with this script ...
--CORRECTION--
$ git ignore file.txt
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