On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:11 PM, vfclists <vfcli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > On Mar 31, 4:20 pm, Rick DeNatale <rick.denat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is this what you are looking for? >> >> http://www.gitready.com/beginner/2009/01/19/ignoring-files.html >> >> > > > Using .gitignore is something I have considered, but it looks like it > is going to get more interesting than that. > I will probably have to use separate directories, and use some kind of > condititional excludes or includes if .gitignore supports something > like that. > > Does checking out a branch erase all the directories and files in the > working directory and replace them with only the contents of the > branch?
Only files which are tracked will be affected by a checkout. Files don't get tracked until you git add them. .gitignore is a way to keep new files from being tracked. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
