I went the other direction and excluded everything except what I wanted to include, since I end up with stuff in the folder with the 4D structure that I don’t want to track. I should add an ignore for the .DS_Store files too. I’ll add the Settings folder at some point too.
# Ignore everything * # except the folders we want !/Project !/Resources # and those folders' contents !/Project/** !/Resources/** # allow specific files !.gitignore Jim Crate > On Jan 6, 2020, at 10:38 AM, Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Mike, > To your original question about which files to ignore I drop all the MacOS > specific files (obviously). > > The RESOURCES folder is placed outside the Project folder. Data, Components > and Plugins are too. So the actual folder I make the git repo is the > database folder. Project folder is really the alternative to the > binary files. So inside of this folder I exclude the Preferences, > userPreferences and Logs. Here's a recent one: > > # Untracked files and directories: > dataFile/ > Logs/ > > Preferences/ > > userPreferences.*/ > > # OS generated files # > ###################### > .DS_Store > .DS_Store? > ._* > .Spotlight-V100 > .Trashes > ehthumbs.db > Thumbs.db > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:49 AM Mike Kerner via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> method comments are gone - does that mean that they aren't even >> exported when the project is created? >> > It's that way now. I haven't heard anything concrete regarding what the > future plans are. > I was starting to get agitated about this but when i thought about it the > 'method' is a text file now. Where are these comments going to go? Either > they are added as a field to the JSON in the file header (not preferable to > me) or they are maintained in some sort of separate structure. Like another > directory of text files. Nice - but more complexity. > > So, what are Comments good for? Obviously comments in code are crucial but > these are a) more decorative and b) require a separate, specific action to > access. The most useful thing for me is that they are the help tips for > methods in components. You can't search on them, you can't easily update or > export them en masse. I don't think their value is worth the effort to > replicate in Project mode. I do think there is a need for improving the > documentation in a Project, but the old Comments aren't it. > > Additionally, recent versions of v18 have a tendency to loose the block > comments. It seems like they simply aren't shown, not actually removed. I > reverted to an earlier version of v18 (244065) until they fix it. > > https://forums.4d.com/Post/EN/33167019/1/33167020 > > Product name 4D - 4D Server [ Previous topic | Next topic ] > Build 246179 > Platform MacOSX > Full Name Kirk BROOKS > Bug number ACI0100382 (In Progress) > Severity UI/Usability > Bitness 64-bit > Submited 12/29/2019 - 16:32 > CONTEXT: > Systems or/and 4D versions or/and hardware where the bug happens: > - 4D single user > - > Systems or/and 4D versions or/and hardware where the bug doesn't happen: > - > - > > SUMMARY: > This build, and some recent previous ones, do not display block comments. > This applies to block comments created in a previous version, 244065 for > instance, as well as block comments entered in 246179. > This seems to be a display problem. The space the comments occupy is shown > but it's blank in 246179. The comments are there, however, Opening the same > database in 244065 and looking at the same method I see them. > > STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE BUG: > 1. open a method > 2. create a block comment and type something. Comments are visible until > the method is closed. > 3. close and re-open the method > > ACTUAL RESULT: comments are not visible > > EXPECTED RESULT: comments are visible > > > -- > Kirk Brooks > San Francisco, CA > ======================= > > What can be said, can be said clearly, > and what you can’t say, you should shut up about > > *Wittgenstein and the Computer * > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
