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

I would always exclude vital config files that contain passwords or other access details (like for databases), it's purely best practice. Plus on top of that source- and version-control serves usually more than one user and not all of them work with the same database details or even with the same server config (domains etc) and for this purpose config files should stay excluded fromt he whole lot.