Subject: Re: [TopGit PATCH] .gitignore += vim swap files

From: Kirill Smelkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:06:12 +0400

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 03:30:35PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Bert Wesarg wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 18:29, Kirill Smelkov <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Kirill Smelkov <[email-masked]>
> > > ---
> > >  .gitignore |    2 ++
> > >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> > > index 8868f2d..aa39db4 100644
> > > --- a/.gitignore
> > > +++ b/.gitignore
> > > @@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ tg-import.txt
> > >  tg-remote
> > >  tg-remote.txt
> > >  tg
> > > +
> > > +*.swp
> > can't you do this in your .git/info/excludes?
> 
> It's generally better to put a core.excludesfile entry in your 
> ~/.gitconfig pointing to a ignore file with editor temporaries for the 
> editor(s) you personally use. This will then apply to all git projects you 
> work on.

Yes, this makes sense, thanks.

I've had to add the following to my ~/.gitconfig

[core]
    excludesfile= /home/kirr/.gitignore-kirr

because it does not work when '~' is used for $HOME

[core]
    excludesfile= ~/.gitignore-kirr # does not work

Is it intended?

Still I think since a lot of people have to do the same operation, maybe
it makes sense to put ignores for popular tools right into project's
.gitignore.

-- 
    Всего хорошего, Кирилл.