Re: dotfile support

From: Zack Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org>
Date: Dec 7, 2005, 16:11 UTC
Message-ID: <20051207161130.GA10924@tumblerings.org>
In-Reply-To: <4396FFB0.4040203@op5.se>

OK, I see my mistake.

I should have tested better. I started off with a non-versioned directory containing dotfiles and regular files. I did a cg-init, only to discover that the dotfiles were not included in the repository at that time. So I just assumed they couldn't be added either.

But I just tested, and yes indeed, it is possible to cg-add a dotfile.

So my question is, why does cg-init ignore dotfiles within the directory when it first initializes the repository?

Be well, Zack

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 04:28:48PM +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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> Zack Brown wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >What's the status of dotfile support? I can only find one thread that 
> >really
> >discusses the issue:
> >
> 
> What sort of "dotfile support" are you hinting at? git being able to 
> handle them, or git being able to ignore them? Both are implemented. The 
> former by default and the latter through .gitignore.
> 
> Files you want to version-control ofcourse has to be added with "git 
> add", but that's not just dotfiles and it's really the only sane behaviour.
> 
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Zack Brown