4 ms·
There's a misunderstanding: "ignoring" means "not tracking as part of version control". But the author overloads the term "ignore" with "not look at it as a .gi
by martopix 4y ago
There's a misunderstanding: "ignoring" means "not tracking as part of version control". But the author overloads the term "ignore" with "not look at it as a .gitignore configuration file".
- wazari972 4y agoexactly, > Therefore, we can see Git ignores .gitignore because its in .gitignore, which means it didn’t ignore .gitignore for instructions. > Is any of this informative, surprising, or useful? … Absolutely. it's interesting to notice, but nothing surprising. git isn't supposed to ignore it for instructions
- YPPH 4y agoI'm willing to assume this is not a misunderstanding at all. It's either satirical or pointing out an effect which at first blush might seem counterintuitive. I found it amusing.
- martopix 4y agoI would agree with you.