From: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:04:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Idea regarding GIT
Message-ID: <aWTVUC8WuHxePfRO@ugly.lan>
In-Reply-To: <DU0PR09MB8272C80E049596044EF581C2B181A@DU0PR09MB8272.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 02:53:49AM +0000, Krzysztof Zabłocki wrote:
>I propose adding
>new configuration file (or parameter in .gitconfig) .gittemplates. Files
>listed in there had to be indexed before adding them to that file, otherwise
>it would work like .gitignore, but difference is if file was added git will
>not track changes in it and won't commit them.
>
at first sight this sounds functionally equivalent to "precious" ignored 
files, which was discussed here[1] last time.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1627.git.1703643931314.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/T/#u