Hi,
On 28/10/2021 08:55, Hanno Böck wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:41:01 -0400
> Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> Oops, I accidentally committed my vim swap file. I have fixed this
>> locally.
>
> Should we add *.swp (and a few others like *~, *.bak, *.orig) to
> .gitignore to avoid this from happening again?
I think it's best if people put their editor's temporary/backup
files in their local gitignore, instead of trying to maintain a
giant per-repository ignore file that needs amending for every
user's favourite editor.
For example, in ~/.gitconfig:
[core]
excludesFile = ~/.gitignore
Then ~/.gitignore can contain:
*.swp
*.bak
*.orig
Thanks,
Matthew
