sorry but this is not always the case. there are plenty of cases (project files is most common example) in which i need files in repo but i do not need git to track them. so why i cant just simply enumerate those project files into .gitignore and 'persuade' git to simply forget about them? -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/gitignore-design-tp6632987p6633274.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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