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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just tried the catting before and it seems to work.

2015-06-21 13:53 GMT+02:00 Marco Hess <marco.hess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I guess you could do that, but I added:
>
> [include]
>     path = ../.gitconfig
>
> to my .git/config and I added instructions to that effect in the .gitconfig
> comments.
> If you appeded the .gitconfig to .git/config I am nos sure that the path to
> .bzrignore is right.
> It might have to be ../.bzrignore then.
>
> Marco
>
>
>
> On 21-Jun-15 21:14, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>
>> 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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