"brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > location). For example, I do this with Vim-related files, and it > applies to all repos on my system, such that other developers don't have > to care what editor I use. > > However, Eclipse is a popular editor, so it may be that Junio really > likes this change since it will benefit many people. I am all for making new contributor's life better, and in this case, NOT adding editor-specific patterns to OUR .gitignore contributes better for that goal. It will be a shame for us to make a move that will keep our contributors unaware of what they can do with Git, and in this case, lack of Eclipse specific patterns did trigger Sergio to notice that these are not ignored, and learn that a better place to do so is in $HOME/.gitignore, because it will help not only when the contributor works on Git, but when the same contributor works on anything using Eclipse. Adding editor-specific patterns ourselves robs such a learning opportunity from new contributors. Thanks.
