Ignore mac .DS_Store files

[antonkomarev]

@BenMorel .DS_Store files usually added automatically by MacOS X. It's pretty usual to ignore them.

[BenMorel]

Hi, this is something that can be ignored globally on your machine with a local .gitignore file:

git config --global core.excludesFile ~/.gitignore

I'm doing the same for .idea (PhpStorm), and I want to avoid opening the pandora box of gitignoring every setup out there!

[antonkomarev]

Yeah, me too, but a lot of people doesn't use global ignores. I think it's not big deal to add this, because it's not IDE related, but OS.

It's hard to maintain ignores of all IDEs, but not hard to add OS meta files.

[wmBolles]

Yeah, me too, but a lot of people doesn't use global ignores. I think it's not big deal to add this, because it's not IDE related, but OS.

It's hard to maintain ignores of all IDEs, but not hard to add OS meta files.

I don’t agree with you. You should add .DS_Store to .gitignore.
Even though it’s OS-related, committing it can cause several issues and potential security risks.

Relying on global ignores is unreliable because many developers don’t configure them.
Adding OS-generated metadata files to the repository is easy, consistent, and prevents unnecessary exposure.

[BenMorel]

I don’t agree with you. You should add .DS_Store to .gitignore.

It's unclear from your message who you're replying to, as you quoted @antonkomarev's reply. But if I understand correctly, you agree with him?

I cannot find a general consensus on the matter. If you know a repo with an comprehensive list of files to ignore, we could set it up in every brick repo. If we're going to do this, it must at least be consistent across repos.