.gitignore Is Inherently Sisyphean

3 RGBCube 3 7/26/2025, 4:49:50 PM rgbcu.be ↗

Comments (3)

Brajeshwar · 10h ago
Yes, the time I used to hook up "rm `find ./ | grep DS_Store`" before anyone do a `git add`
davydm · 11h ago
Cool post.

I highly suggest using templates from https://github.com/github/gitignore for your project as they tend to include a lot of files commonly found in them - eg .idea folders and so on.

RGBCube · 10h ago
They're still not enough. Even with those, it's really easy for stuff to slip in.

You should just pick the nearly exhaustive option instead