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Re: Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2014, 05:43 UTC
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Hi,
Bostjan Skufca wrote:
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> Git is great for tracking code development, but when deploying
> mentioned code by using git itself, various configuration files must
> be created additionally, which are normally .gitignored, for various
> reasons (code portability, sensitive data, etc). There is currently no
> simple way of tracking changes to those critical configuration files
> (at least none that I am aware of).
>
> One way to approach this would be tracking those changes in separate
> git repository.

Have you seen zit <https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Interfaces,_frontends,_and_tools#Zit>?

Curious, Jonathan

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