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> other junk (CLAUDE.md for example) that shouldn’t be in your repository How is CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md "junk that shouldn't be in your repository"? If you're using agents for a project and have some project-specific rules for them, why would you want other people using agents in your repository to not have access to those rules and produce worse code?
The real problem is that the entire reason to use git at this point is because of the conventions established around it. There are better VCSes and methods now, but they "break" the conventions of git (which honestly sucks, but it is what it is).
This seems like bad advice. I've very rarely committed extra files by accident, but I would 100% forget to unignore files I meant to commit. If you're doing an initial setup step to gitignore everything, why not just do an initial setup step to gitignore the usual files? Make a template that you copy into all of your repos.
You clearly haven't seen the people who are lazy and so just do `git add . && git commit -m ... && git push -f origin` every time.
I don’t ignore by default, but only stage the items I explicitly want. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been pairing with someone when they just say “git add .”, I’m always confused by that choice. I get it, but I’ve seen more problems arise from adding all than being consistently selective. To each their own.
This seems like bad advice. I've very rarely committed extra files by accident, but I would 100% forget to unignore files I meant to commit. If you're doing an initial setup step to gitignore everything, why not just do an initial setup step to gitignore the usual files? Make a template that you copy into all of your repos.
>This seems like bad advice. I've very rarely committed extra files by accident, [...] You clearly haven't seen the people who are lazy and so just do `git add . && git commit -m ... && git push -f origin` every time.
This seems like bad advice. I've very rarely committed extra files by accident, but I would 100% forget to unignore files I meant to commit. If you're doing an initial setup step to gitignore everything, why not just do an initial setup step to gitignore the usual files? Make a template that you copy into all of your repos.
>This seems like bad advice. I've very rarely committed extra files by accident, [...] You clearly haven't seen the people who are lazy and so just do `git add . && git commit -m ... && git push -f origin` every time.
You see the issue right?
`git add -p` is your friend to avoid adding unintended files/changes.