git does have a command to ignore files and directories: it's called 'emacs' (or 'vim' on some systems). Seriously, the .gitignore file can contain a complex set of patterns to ignore, and you can have .gitignore files at lower directories in a hierarchy to override higher ones. This isn't something easily contained in a simple command. Scott On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:35:23AM +0200, Ralf Thielow wrote: > Hello, > > why does git don't have an "ignore" command, to ignore some files or > directories all the time. > In many project file structures you have IDE specified project files > or directories which > should not be tracked on git. All the time git says that you can add > these files, this is not > usable if you want to add many files with the "git add ." command. > I read on some pages by a google search that you can create > a ".gitignore" directory or something like that. But you had to do > this manually. > > why there is no "ignore" command on git? > > best regards > > Ralf > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html