On 2021-10-22 at 23:55:16, Justus Ranvier wrote:
> Suppose a person is managing N repositories. Would that person prefer to
> maintain the list of files to ignore for every random IDE that anybody who
> joins the team might want to use in:
> 
> a: One place
> b: N places

Developers should be responsible for ensuring that their own editor's
temporary files are ignored.  For example, I use Vim, so it's my
responsibility to ensure that I globally ignore swap files using
"core.excludesFile" or that my editor is configured not to produce them.
(In my case, it's the latter.)

As you point out, it's unsustainable to have to manage a list of the
detritus of every possible editor.  What if I had decided to use an
editor that is not very popular, like ae, joe, or acme?  Should every
project be responsible for dealing with my uncommon editor, or should I
be responsible for my own editing hygiene?
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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA