From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:23:35 GMT
Subject: Re: wrong handling of text git attribute leading to files incorrectly reported as modified
Message-ID: <xmqqob02jnhk.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CANUGeEYoS+t57jfpEoZE-2u_cD1uOD5pdp=yF--Rhpb9z91qxQ@mail.gmail.com>

Brandon McCaig <bamccaig@gmail.com> writes:

> That is for your benefit, and for easily sharing that configuration
> with collaborators. Git only cares that the file exists in your
> working tree at run-time.

It is a lot more than "for sharing".  If you made .gitignore only
effective after it gets committed, you cannot test your updated
version of .gitignore is correct before committing the change.