Add gitignore file #130

But there are other files that we won't want to add either: especially *.dat files if the user turns on portable mode. I also have a large variety of extraneous files that I have made over time that I wouldn't want to add either. Why should we specify files to ignore when we can instead specify files to add? It seems much less error prone.

lkarsten commented

2013-04-23 21:45:01 +02:00

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Jonathan Warren:

But there are other files that we won't want to add either: especially *.dat files if the user turns on portable mode. I also have a large variety of extraneous files that I have made over time that I wouldn't want to add either. Why should we specify files to ignore when we can instead specify files to add? It seems much less error prone.

It makes the "git status" output show only the things you need to
care about.

It is easy to forget to add a new file to revision control when there
are a lot of extra files laying around.

Having a .gitignore file is a common practice.

Lasse Karstensen

Jonathan Warren: > But there are other files that we won't want to add either: especially *.dat files if the user turns on portable mode. I also have a large variety of extraneous files that I have made over time that I wouldn't want to add either. Why should we specify files to ignore when we can instead specify files to add? It seems much less error prone. It makes the "git status" output show only the things you need to care about. It is easy to forget to add a new file to revision control when there are a lot of extra files laying around. Having a .gitignore file is a common practice. ## Lasse Karstensen

Atheros1 commented

2013-04-23 22:00:22 +02:00

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Thank you Ikarsten

lkarsten commented

2013-04-23 22:22:46 +02:00

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Thanks for merging :)

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