On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 at 23:53, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wouldn't have thrown objects in the --template directory, and I > wouldn't count on things outside what the mechanism was invented for > (namely, .git/hooks and possibly .git/info/ files) would forever be > copied in newer versions of Git, but certainly "git init --template" > mechanism sounds like a good escape hatch than mucking with Git code > base to teach it myriad of languages and their dialects. It sounds like creating a copy of the .gitignore structure requires the user to learn bash script syntax. :-D I'd like to suggest adding one more option to the init --template <template/dir> --only-gitignores. It will not deal with all the complicated mechanics behind hooks/etc, and will only look at the template folder structure and copy **/.gitignore into the newly created worktree. In case of existing .gitignore files, just put warnings and do not override those. --Oleg
