Re: Add option to git to ignore binary files unless force added
How about a hook to ignore certain files? Then you could ignore based on the contents of the fail instead of just the extension. It’d be very flexible. > On May 18, 2018, at 2:09 PM, Jacob Keller <jacob.kel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 4:31 AM, Anmol Sethi <m...@anmol.io> wrote: >> This definitely works but it would be more clean to just have git ignore the >> binary files from the get go. >> > > Sure it'd be more convenient for you. But there are loads of possible > combinations, and the idea of what constitutes unwanted files is > hugely variable to each user. We don't really want to end up > supporting a million different ways to do this, and the hooks > interface provides a reasonable method for rejecting commits with > unwanted contents. > > > Thanks, > Jake -- Best, Anmol
Re: Add option to git to ignore binary files unless force added
This definitely works but it would be more clean to just have git ignore the binary files from the get go. > On May 16, 2018, at 11:18 PM, Jacob Keller <jacob.kel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Anmol Sethi <m...@anmol.io> wrote: >> I think it’d be great to have an option to have git ignore binary files. My >> repositories are always source only, committing a binary is always a >> mistake. At the moment, I have to configure the .gitignore to ignore every >> binary file and that gets tedious. Having git ignore all binary files would >> be great. >> >> This could be achieved via an option in .gitconfig or maybe a special line >> in .gitignore. >> >> I just want to never accidentally commit a binary again. >> >> -- >> Best, >> Anmol >> > > I believe you can do a couple things. There should be a hook which you > can modify to validate that there are no binary files on > pre-commit[1], or pre-push[2] to verify that you never push commits > with binaries in them. > > You could also implement the update hook on the server if you control > it, to allow it to block pushes which contain binary files. > > Thanks, > Jake > > [1]https://git-scm.com/docs/githooks#_pre_commit > [2]https://git-scm.com/docs/githooks#_pre_push > [3]https://git-scm.com/docs/githooks#update -- Best, Anmol
Re: Add option to git to ignore binary files unless force added
That works but most binaries do not have a file extension. Its just not
standard on linux.
> On May 17, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Randall S. Becker <rsbec...@nexbridge.com> wrote:
>
> On May 16, 2018 11:18 PM, Jacob Keller
>> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Anmol Sethi <m...@anmol.io> wrote:
>>> I think it’d be great to have an option to have git ignore binary files. My
>> repositories are always source only, committing a binary is always a mistake.
>> At the moment, I have to configure the .gitignore to ignore every binary file
>> and that gets tedious. Having git ignore all binary files would be great.
>>>
>>> This could be achieved via an option in .gitconfig or maybe a special line
>>> in
>> .gitignore.
>>>
>>> I just want to never accidentally commit a binary again.
>>
>> I believe you can do a couple things. There should be a hook which you can
>> modify to validate that there are no binary files on pre-commit[1], or pre-
>> push[2] to verify that you never push commits with binaries in them.
>>
>> You could also implement the update hook on the server if you control it, to
>> allow it to block pushes which contain binary files.
>
> What about configuring ${HOME}/.config/git/ignore instead (described at
> https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore). Inside, put:
>
> *.o
> *.exe
> *.bin
> *.dat
> Etc
>
> Cheers,
> Randall
>
>
--
Best,
Anmol
Add option to git to ignore binary files unless force added
I think it’d be great to have an option to have git ignore binary files. My repositories are always source only, committing a binary is always a mistake. At the moment, I have to configure the .gitignore to ignore every binary file and that gets tedious. Having git ignore all binary files would be great. This could be achieved via an option in .gitconfig or maybe a special line in .gitignore. I just want to never accidentally commit a binary again. -- Best, Anmol
