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> On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> [...]
>> For example I've put "*.[oa]" and "*~" in ./git/info/exclude.
>> However, the rest of the persons doing commits in the public
>> repository might not have those entries. Is everyone required to put
>> those entries in "exclude" themselves or does Git allow for those to
>> be automatically added next time they do a "git pull"?
>
> If you commit a .gitignore, it will be used by everyone.
> .git/info/exclude is for your personal excludes. Generally, I'd suggest
> putting build products in .gitignore and your editor's garbage in
> exclude.
> [...]
> If you add and commit the .gitignore file it will be picked up by
> everyone, while whatever backups, temp files, notes, or whatever you use
> can be kept private in your exclude file.