Subject: Re: [PATCH] .gitignore: Ignore editor backup and swap files

From: David Kastrup <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:48:55 +0100

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> Alexander Berntsen <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Berntsen <[email-masked]>
>> ---
>>  .gitignore | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
>> index b5f9def..2905c21 100644
>> --- a/.gitignore
>> +++ b/.gitignore
>> @@ -240,3 +240,5 @@
>>  *.pdb
>>  /Debug/
>>  /Release/
>> +*~
>> +.*.swp
>
> I personally do not mind listing these common ones too much, but if
> I am not mistaken, our policy on this file so far has been that it
> lists build artifacts, and not personal preference (the *.swp entry
> is useless for those who never use vim, for example).
>
> These paths that depend on your choice of the editor and other tools
> can still be managed in your personal .git/info/exclude in the
> meantime.

Here is a somewhat related question: if one places a file .dir-locals.el
in the top directory of the checkout with the contents:

;;; Directory Local Variables
;;; See Info node `(emacs) Directory Variables' for more information.

((c-mode
  (c-default-style . "linux")
  (indent-tabs-mode . t)))

Then all edits in the whole checkout done with Emacs in C files use the
right indentation style.  Obviously, that's a "personal preference"
setting in that it is useless for those who never use Emacs (the file
can be written/edited using M-x add-dir-local-variable RET).  It's still
providing significant convenience for a number of users while touching
only a single file.

-- 
David Kastrup