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nathan_douglas
1y ago
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They pop up in code repositories too, depending on contents and whether the engineer in question noticed it.
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doomlaser
1y ago
· 3 in thread
absolutely essential to add a line for .DS_Store in every .gitignore, unfortunately.
klodolph
1y ago
Enough to teach people to use a global git core.excludesfile, IMO.
Same place you should put rules for Emacs / Vim swap files.
smix96
1y ago
Totally correct. Files which are unrelated to the project don't belong in .gitignore.
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tekknik
1y ago
or just ignore them globally once.
beeboobaa3
1y ago
· 2 in thread
I've banned people before because they couldn't stop themselves from continuously uploading those useless ds files
tekknik
1y ago
Seems like you have control issues.
beeboobaa3
1y ago
Nah, those people have issues controlling their machines. It's fine if you upload useless spam a few times, but at some point you need to quit it because you're creating unnecessary work for others.
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