Hi, [Cc'ed Duy, as he raised the same concerns.] On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote: > > > >> Is there a way to have a per-user ignore list in git? > > > > It's not really per user, but how about doing it with templates? > > Correct me if I'm wrong (I didn't really find a documentation for > templates), but I believe this would only apply to newly created > project. Yes. However, you can safely call "git init" in an _existing_ repo. It does not overwrite existing files. > Then, it doesn't apply if I clone the project of someone using another > editor for example, nor to my old projects if I add something to the > list of things I want to ignore. "git clone" implicitly calls "git init"; Therefore you get the templates, too. But you're right, if you already edited .git/info/exclude, this will not overwrite it. Of course, you could fiddle with ~/.gitconfig, or even ~/.gitignore, but I suggest that you first think about a sane syntax. Also note that this opens the door for shooting-in-the-foot; files you are certain you want ignored can show up in a cloned repo all to easy. Ciao, Dscho - 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