# Re: [gitgitgadget/git] Adding git-ignore command, tests, and documentation. (#264) 2 messages from 2019-07-17 to 2019-07-17. Participants: Thurston Stone. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/51493 ## Thurston Stone, 2019-07-17 17:12 Subject: Re: [gitgitgadget/git] Adding git-ignore command, tests, and documentation. (#264) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/YmOpqT5Q4a9QdU5RJmIbisRhQMnkcZt7GFT7E0xH4cqAWr0mEiHlYzLmpI8eKSPPQDZmQRmfUzdzqxDSb-iBwYhFHtJ6edCFb8I05ld0vFM%3D%40protonmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` > Wouldn't this simpler to type and less error prone, as you do > have to > $ cd path/to/the > ... work in that deep > ... realize that file.txt in that directory needs ignoring ... > $ echo file.txt > .gitignore that would have "path/to/the/.gitignore" which contains "file.txt". Whereas that does work fine, it can be cumbersome to manage a multitude gitignore files (it can get out of hand). If a policy is in place to consolidate this management into the root gitignore, they'd have to run: $ cd path/to/the ... work in that deep directory ... ... realize that file.txt in that directory needs ignoring ... ... know relative path of both desired ignore file and cwd ... $ echo path/to/the/file.txt > ../../../.gitignore ... or with this script ... $ git ignore path/to/the/file.txt Another example might be when the code is deeper embeded, like a java library path. $ cd code/src/com/mylib ... work under that directory ... ... realize subclass/helpers/testdata.json needs ignoring ... ... need to know the full path of ignore file, cwd, and the relative path to root gitignore ... $ echo code/src/com/mylib/subclass/helpers/testdata.json > ../../../../.gitignore - or the more intuitive: - $ git ignore subclass/helpers/testdata.json - both ending in the same result $ cat ${REPO_ROOT}/.gitignore code/src/com/mylib/subclass/helpers/testdata.json ``` ## Thurston Stone, 2019-07-17 17:15 Subject: Re: [gitgitgadget/git] Adding git-ignore command, tests, and documentation. (#264) Message-ID: <-_9xfW9lD1t4z4qkcMoJ5Jb9gmzayauqKOPDIYIQO4dJQzc-RoVWTNOi9-OsXDzrdhVJPWoRYIa5d0zqIsHBoNzMSuw1_jauUcEaGwIairU=@protonmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/-_9xfW9lD1t4z4qkcMoJ5Jb9gmzayauqKOPDIYIQO4dJQzc-RoVWTNOi9-OsXDzrdhVJPWoRYIa5d0zqIsHBoNzMSuw1_jauUcEaGwIairU%3D%40protonmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` my mistake, my last email should have read: $ cd path/to/the ... work in that deep directory ... ... realize that file.txt in that directory needs ignoring ... ... know relative path of both desired ignore file and cwd ... $ echo path/to/the/file.txt > ../../../.gitignore ... or with this script ... --CORRECTION-- $ git ignore file.txt ```