On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Ruby Freak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> I am a bit confused about the different purpose of each.
> I think the .gitignore file belongs in the root of my project and is
> project specific, but that also seems to be the reason for the .git/
> info/exclude file
>
> what happens if they conflict? which one wins.
>
> What is standard practice?
>
> My exclude file looks like this
> # git-ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
> log/*.log
> tmp/**/*
> .DS_Store
> doc/api
> doc/app
>
> I am on Hardy Heron, isn't a .DS_Store a mac thang?


Yes, .DS_Store is Mac-specific. Since the Mac is a very common platform for
Ruby/Rails work, it's nice to list that file in your exclusions.

Should that all just be in my .gitignore file, which is empty?
>
> Sorry for so many questions, but I can't find shit about git on the
> internet.(what a twit)


Very hard to believe. :-) Here is a good place to look, though:
http://git-scm.com/ .

Regards,
Craig

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