# Prevent deleting .gitignore file 3 messages from 2011-02-16 to 2011-02-16. Participants: baluchen, Ramkumar Ramachandra, Bert Wesarg. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26517 ## baluchen, 2011-02-16 09:29 Subject: Prevent deleting .gitignore file Message-ID: <1297848579774-6030991.post@n2.nabble.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1297848579774-6030991.post%40n2.nabble.com ``` Friends, Is there anyway to prevent/modify .gitignore file? Thanks Bala -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Prevent-deleting-gitignore-file-tp6030991p6030991.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ``` ## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2011-02-16 10:32 Subject: Re: Prevent deleting .gitignore file Message-ID: <20110216103113.GA20959@kytes> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20110216103113.GA20959%40kytes In-Reply-To: <1297848579774-6030991.post@n2.nabble.com> ``` Hi, baluchen writes: > Is there anyway to prevent/modify .gitignore file? Just track it in Git? Everytime you try to stage changes and commit, Git will alert you when .gitignore has changed. -- Ram ``` ## Bert Wesarg, 2011-02-16 11:53 Subject: Re: Prevent deleting .gitignore file Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTi%3DwgsaXVXARLjpyF_13m0FHFC-gubxY0r7oV__U%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20110216103113.GA20959@kytes> ``` On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:32, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > Hi, > > baluchen writes: >> Is there anyway to prevent/modify .gitignore file? > > Just track it in Git? Everytime you try to stage changes and commit, > Git will alert you when .gitignore has changed. And writing a pre-commit-hook, which checks for changes to .gitignore. Bert > > -- Ram ```