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Listing 13-5.
The configuration file database.ini-dist
[parameters]
database_host = your.host.example.net
database_name = dbname
database_user = admin
database_password = sEcrEtPaSSword
Create the
.gitignore
file containing a single rule:
/database.ini
You can produce the file with the following command:
$ echo /database.ini > .gitignore
Commit both files with:
$ git add -A
$ git commit -m "Generic database configuration"
How It Works
If someone wants to use your application he has to clone it and customize the configur-
ation. The user has to rename the file
database.ini-dist
to
database.ini
and change its contents with his settings. Thanks to the
.gitignore
file his personal
settings will never be committed into the repository.
13-10. Using the .git/info/exclude file
Problem
You want to contribute to the open-source project
http://github.com/sym-
fony/symfony.git
using NetBeans IDE.
