User-wide ignore list

Hi,

Is there a way to have a per-user ignore list in git?

I'd like to ignore once and for all the backup files of my editor (*~), which are not necessarily relevant to a project, but definitely relevant for me regardless of the project.

Thanks,

Hi,

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

It's not really per user, but how about doing it with templates?

Ciao, Dscho

On 2/15/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

Templates have no effect on previously created git repositories, does it?

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

Correct me if I'm wrong (I didn't really find a documentation for templates), but I believe this would only apply to newly created project. Then, it doesn't apply if I clone the project of someone using another editor for example, nor to my old projects if I add something to the list of things I want to ignore.

Hi,

[Cc'ed Duy, as he raised the same concerns.]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

Yes. However, you can safely call "git init" in an _existing_ repo. It 
does not overwrite existing files.
 

"git clone" implicitly calls "git init"; Therefore you get the templates, too. But you're right, if you already edited .git/info/exclude, this will not overwrite it.

Of course, you could fiddle with ~/.gitconfig, or even ~/.gitignore, but I suggest that you first think about a sane syntax.

Also note that this opens the door for shooting-in-the-foot; files you are certain you want ignored can show up in a cloned repo all to easy.

Ciao, Dscho

On 2/15/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

Oh.. that's enough for me :-)

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

It might be an option to introduce a configuration variable that points at a file to be used in addition to $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Then you can set that variable in ~/.gitconfig.

On Thursday 2007 February 15 10:20, Matthieu Moy wrote:

Yep; in repository-layout.txt it says:

info/exclude::
    This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the
    exclude pattern list. `.gitignore` is the per-directory
    ignore file.  `git status`, `git add`, `git rm` and `git
    clean` look at it but the core git commands do not look
    at it.  See also: gitlink:git-ls-files[1] `--exclude-from`
    and `--exclude-per-directory`.

Andy

Hi,

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:

Nope. This is per-repo, not per-user.

Hth, Dscho

On Thursday 2007 February 15 11:59, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

Silly me; I forgot to write the last bit of my email :-)

$ ln -sf $HOME/.git/exclude $GIT_DIR/info/exclude

Do that in each of your working checkouts and voila.

Andy

Hi,

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:

... and next time you edit .git/info/exclude, be very surprised that other repos have the change, too.

Ciao, Dscho