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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ahh that was what was missing, i have been wondering about that for a while.

2015-06-21 5:12 GMT+02:00 Marco Hess <marco.hess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I am using Git in my KiCad development and found that I had problems with
> ignoring generated files.
>
> After some stuffing around I found it was supposed to be handled through
> configuring git to use the .bzringore file through a .gitconfig file.
>
> However, this was not working correctly with the = sign missing in the
> config file that I fixed.
>
> Also, I took the opportunity to add a bit of explantion to the .gitconfig
> file as to what its intention is and how to enable it correctly for the
> local repository.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marco
>
>
> diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
> index 079dcc9..fa66653 100644
> --- a/.gitconfig
> +++ b/.gitconfig
> @@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
> +# When using the KiCad repository via Git, this .gitconfig
> +# configures Git to use the .bzrignore so there is not need for
> +# a separate .gitignore file.
> +#
> +# However, this .gitconfig file needs to be enable explicitly in your
> +# git configuration. For example in the local .git/config file
> +# add the following lines:
> +#
> +# [include]
> +#    path = ../.gitconfig
> +#
>  [core]
> -    excludesfile .bzrignore
> +    excludesfile = .bzrignore
>
>
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