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[Marco Hess <marco.hess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, positive. I read up on it in the git documentation. The only config 
file that Git uses
within a repository is .git/config. There is not supposed to be a config 
file
that is part of the repository by default. It only becomes active when 
you manually
enable it.

On 21-Jun-15 19:36, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> But are you sure that you need to enabled that in the .git/config?
>
> 2015-06-21 12:04 GMT+02:00 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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