# Re: Help with git 1 messages from 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-06. Participants: Alex Riesen. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/9808 ## Alex Riesen, 2007-09-06 23:07 Subject: Re: Help with git Message-ID: <20070906230755.GB20575@steel.home> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070906230755.GB20575%40steel.home In-Reply-To: ``` Jameson Chema Quinn, Wed, Sep 05, 2007 07:50:25 +0200: > I am having some problems with git - essentially, my .gitignore and > core/editor config options are not working. > > If you can help, THANK YOU. Please respond to this problem on > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Git to avoid clogging up the list. > I answered on the page, but the one with .gitignore bothers me a bit: this is an old piece of code, and a quite reliable one. Why did you put .gitignore file? ```