From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:34:28 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] .gitignore git-rerere and config.mak Message-ID: <7vlkwmquqj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1303.1139370931@lotus.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Jason Riedy writes: > And Junio C Hamano writes: > - I am not sure about this part. It is plausible that somebody > - who privately uses config.mak has it in _his_ repository under > - version control. > > Like me. That way I don't have to worry about conflicts in the > Makefile. But I can change .gitignore in those branches... Or you can leave that as is. .gitignore is used to sift untracked files into two categories - ignored and unknown. So my initial worry was unfounded. Sorry for the noise.