Re: Git Question

From: Taylor Blau <ttaylorr@github.com>
Date: Apr 1, 2018, 03:15 UTC
Message-ID: <20180401031522.GA80891@syl.local>
In-Reply-To: <15759EC4-0867-44B3-995D-6EC121A6EC4C@gmail.com>

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 09:06:53PM -0500, Mark Wartman wrote:

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> I saw this pretty exhaustive .gitignore list that a GitHub Help page
> linked to: 9257657 <https://gist.github.com/octocat/9257657> .  Are
> these configurations from the list something one should install on the
> User/global level, or do you recommend managing it in each and every
> project repository?

If those appear helpful for your project(s), then sure; but this is up to you.

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> Concerning these items below, when I said I get these when running a:
> git config —list
>
> credential.helper-osxkeychain
> filter.lfs.clean=git=lfs clean — %f
> filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge — %f
> filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
> filter.lfs.required=true
>
> I suspect that the GitHub GUI tool has installed them.  Do you find
> that possible?  I ask because I did not write them.

Yes, I believe that GitHub Desktop runs 'git lfs install', which adds these to your configuration.

Thanks, Taylor