Is it possible to have a custom .gitignore? Read only access?
Put your private ignore rules in .git/info/exclude. See gitignore(5). For read-only access, use git-daemon, a web server, or Gitosis, or Gitolite.
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How to Add Linux Executable Files to .gitignore?
Can you ignore all, but source code files? For example: * !*.c !Makefile
Git-ignore certain files in sub-directories, but not all
I’ve written a post about such problem recently. See here. Basically what you need is to put one .gitignore with *.json in the /data/ directory. UPD: Since git 1.8.4 (1.8.2 if you’re using msysgit) it is possible to use double-star patterns, like /data/**/*.json
How do I tell Git to ignore a specific filename only in the repository’s top level? [duplicate]
Add this to your .gitignore (in the root folder): /index.html The leading / makes git use an absolute path (relative to the current .gitignore location), whereas all other lines are just treated as some kind of wildcard.
Ignore .classpath and .project from Git
If the .project and .classpath are already committed, then they need to be removed from the index (but not the disk) git rm –cached .project git rm –cached .classpath Then the .gitignore would work (and that file can be added and shared through clones). For instance, this gitignore.io/api/eclipse file will then work, which does include: … Read more
How do I ignore all files in a folder with a Git repository in Sourcetree?
For Sourcetree users: If you want to ignore a specific folder, just select a file from this folder, right-click on it and do “Ignore…”. You will have a pop-up menu where you can ignore “Ignore everything beneath: <YOUR UNWANTED FOLDER>” If you have the “Ignore” option greyed out, you have to select the “Stop Tracking” … Read more
git doesn’t ignore 2 specifically named files
What you want to is to ignore changes on tracked files. This cannot achieved (as Charles Bailey says) correctly, neither with .gitignore nor with .git/info/exclude. You’ll need to use git update-index: git update-index –assume-unchanged build/conf/a.conf git update-index –assume-unchanged build/conf/b.conf will achieve what you want: the files are always assumed unchanged. If you want to track … Read more
Gitignore won’t ignore .vs folder for Visual Studio 2015 RC on Windows7/8
Follow the steps below, the issue will be solved. Step 1: Add following content to the file .gitignore. ## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and ## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons. # User-specific files *.suo *.user *.userosscache *.sln.docstates # User-specific files (MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio) *.userprefs # Build results [Dd]ebug/ [Dd]ebugPublic/ [Rr]elease/ [Rr]eleases/ … Read more
git repository ignoring all .dlls
Do you have either ~/.gitignore_global or ~/.gitignore in your home directory which could also be listing these file patterns? See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files
.gitignore is not ignoring directories
Since the node_modules directory is already tracked as part of the repository, the .gitignore rule will not apply to it. You need to untrack the directory from git using git rm -r –cached node_modules git commit -m “removing node_modules” You can run the above 2 in git-bash. After this, the .gitignore rule will ignore the … Read more