Subject: Re: Idea regarding GIT

From: Oswald Buddenhagen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:04:48 +0100

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 02:53:49AM +0000, Krzysztof Zabłocki wrote:
>I propose adding
>new configuration file (or parameter in .gitconfig) .gittemplates. Files
>listed in there had to be indexed before adding them to that file, otherwise
>it would work like .gitignore, but difference is if file was added git will
>not track changes in it and won't commit them.
>
at first sight this sounds functionally equivalent to "precious" ignored 
files, which was discussed here[1] last time.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/T/#u