From: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:10:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [TopGit PATCH] .gitignore += vim swap files
Message-ID: <36ca99e90809190010n40d0a4w26975e87e17a822e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080919050612.GA4423@roro3>

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 07:06, Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 03:30:35PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Bert Wesarg wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 18:29, Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru> wrote:
>> > > Signed-off-by: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>
>> > > ---
>> > >  .gitignore |    2 ++
>> > >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
>> > > index 8868f2d..aa39db4 100644
>> > > --- a/.gitignore
>> > > +++ b/.gitignore
>> > > @@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ tg-import.txt
>> > >  tg-remote
>> > >  tg-remote.txt
>> > >  tg
>> > > +
>> > > +*.swp
>> > can't you do this in your .git/info/excludes?
>>
>> It's generally better to put a core.excludesfile entry in your
>> ~/.gitconfig pointing to a ignore file with editor temporaries for the
>> editor(s) you personally use. This will then apply to all git projects you
>> work on.
>
> Yes, this makes sense, thanks.
>
> I've had to add the following to my ~/.gitconfig
>
> [core]
>    excludesfile= /home/kirr/.gitignore-kirr
>
>
> because it does not work when '~' is used for $HOME
>
> [core]
>    excludesfile= ~/.gitignore-kirr # does not work
Have you tried:

  [core]
     excludesfile = .gitignore-kirr

There was a discussion about relative files in config. but I didn't tried this.

Anyway, I think this is the best solution. Don't globber the repos with this.

Bert