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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ahh ok, I see. So I will have to do   cat .gitconfig >> .git/config
to actually enable it.

2015-06-21 13:18 GMT+02:00 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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