From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5200A1F51C for ; Fri, 18 May 2018 15:38:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752129AbeERPiE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2018 11:38:04 -0400 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:27631 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751384AbeERPiD (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 May 2018 11:38:03 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (CPE00fc8d49d843-CM00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.229.179.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id w4IFc0QO026012 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 18 May 2018 11:38:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Anmol Sethi'" Cc: "'Jacob Keller'" , "'Git mailing list'" References: <285692D0-1DE8-4CAF-9BCE-F1A04D5C66B5@anmol.io> <002a01d3eddb$cdd3d8f0$697b8ad0$@nexbridge.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: Add option to git to ignore binary files unless force added Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 11:37:53 -0400 Message-ID: <009901d3eebe$32dd09a0$98971ce0$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQKXlS0WnUPf5I5iLIWLccbtRU0F4AJsQdWKATKpy1gCClaZaKKBBb7w Content-Language: en-ca Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On May 18, 2018 7:31 AM, Anmol Sethi > That works but most binaries do not have a file extension. Its just not > standard on linux. > > > On May 17, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Randall S. Becker > wrote: > > > > On May 16, 2018 11:18 PM, Jacob Keller > >> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Anmol Sethi wrote: > >>> I think it’d be great to have an option to have git ignore binary > >>> files. My > >> repositories are always source only, committing a binary is always a > mistake. > >> At the moment, I have to configure the .gitignore to ignore every > >> binary file and that gets tedious. Having git ignore all binary files would be > great. > >>> > >>> This could be achieved via an option in .gitconfig or maybe a > >>> special line in > >> .gitignore. > >>> > >>> I just want to never accidentally commit a binary again. > >> > >> I believe you can do a couple things. There should be a hook which > >> you can modify to validate that there are no binary files on > >> pre-commit[1], or pre- push[2] to verify that you never push commits > with binaries in them. > >> > >> You could also implement the update hook on the server if you control > >> it, to allow it to block pushes which contain binary files. > > > > What about configuring ${HOME}/.config/git/ignore instead (described at > https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore). Inside, put: > > > > *.o > > *.exe > > *.bin > > *.dat > > Etc.... I have a similar problem on my platform, with a different solution. My builds involve GCC binaries, NonStop L-series binaries (x86), and a NonStop J-series binaries (itanium). To keep me sane, I have all build targets going to separate directories, like Build/GCC, Build/Lbin, Build/Jbin away from the sources. This allows me to ignore Build/ regardless of extension and also to build different targets without link collisions. This is similar to how Java works (a.k.a. bin/). Much more workable, IMHO, than trying to manage individual binaries name by name or even by extension. I also have a mix of jpg and UTF-16 HTML that would end up in false-positives on a pure binary match and I do want to manage those. What helps me is that I do most of my work in ECLIPSE, so derived resources (objects, generated sources) get auto-ignored by EGit, if you can make your compiler arrange that - but that's an ECLIPSE thing not a file system thing. Cheers, Randall -- Brief whoami: NonStop developer since approximately 211288444200000000 UNIX developer since approximately 421664400 -- In my real life, I talk too much.