Hi all, If you add "/*" (or "*") to '.gitignore' Git will ignore '.gitignore'. This means that your '.gitignore' appears to work (which in fact it does) but really it will only work for you because your '.gitignore' will not be added to the repository. You have to override with an explicit "!/.gitignore" for it to work correctly. (Or use "git add -f .gitignore".) Naturally, this behaviour makes perfect sense: "/*" means everything. Still, I was wondering whether it might be a good idea to make an exception for '.gitignore' itself? Then if somebody *really* wanted to ignore '.gitignore' they could add "/.gitignore" to '.gitignore'? Cheers, Hilco -- 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