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I just made ~/.git and ignore everything with .gitignore, whitelisting files I want to commit: https://github.com/burke/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitignore https://

• dietrichepp 12y ago
  I remember giving advice once, to someone who did that and then git clean -dfx
  • zokier 12y ago
    That is especially problematic with gits directory traversal behavior. If you are in a wrong directory inside your home, you might accidentally nuke your homedir instead of the intended repo.
  • burke 12y ago
    That is terrifying. I just added this to my zshrc: git() { local toplevel=$(command git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null) if [[ "${toplevel}" == "${HOME}" ]] && [[ "$1" == "clean" ]]; then >&2 echo "Do NOT run git clean in this repository." return fi command git "$@" }