Should server/database config files, including passwords, be stored in source control?

Question

I\'m looking to hear some best practices...

Assuming a web application that interacts with a few different production servers (databases, etc.)... should the configu

Answer 1

In my Subversion repos for PHP, configuration files that contain passwords are checked in as config.php.sample with hints to what has to be provided and scripts relying require a config.php to be present at the same location.

The repository is configured to ignore config.php for that directory to avoid "accidental" adds or check-ins.