Merge pull request GitoxideLabs#1400 from sschuberth/hint-at-excludes…

…File Hint at not contributing user-specific Git ignores
EliahKagan · Jun 14, 2024 · a10a5fb · a10a5fb
2 parents 9c65d98 + 7778ed7
commit a10a5fb
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 0 deletions.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ $/tests/fixtures/commit-graphs/
 
 # newer Git sees these as precious, older Git falls through to the pattern above
 $**/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+
+# Instead of adding more environment-specific ignores here, like for the IDE in use, prefer Git's user-global
+# `core.excludesFile` mechanism, see https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-coreexcludesFile.