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Re:Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore by pjerem on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:42AM (#31422039)
When almost everyone uses the same editor, it doesn't mean that everyone wants to have the same configuration.

Editors and IDEs are crafting tools. Crafting tools are meant to be mastered by workers (here: developers), not to enforce some team/company policy.

There are tools that already exists to enforce team policies like formatters, linters and so on. These tools generally integrate well with your editor of choice and can also be integrated on your CI pipelines.

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Re:Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore by ascagnel_ on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:31AM (#31422533)
I feel like a better option than committing is to have developers submit sample configurations and make them available in a subfolder or a dedicated configuration repo -- this way, newcomers to the team can pull in existing configurations and tweak them, rather than having to start from zero.
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