Should you commit .gitignore into the Git repos?

Question

Do you think it is a good practice to commit .gitignore into a Git repo?

Some people don\'t like it, but I think it is good as you can track the file\'s history. Isn

Answer 1

Committing .gitignore can be very useful but you want to make sure you don't modify it too much thereafter especially if you regularly switch between branches. If you do you might get cases where files are ignored in a branch and not in the other, forcing you to go manually delete or rename files in your work directory because a checkout failed as it would overwrite a non-tracked file.

Therefore yes, do commit your .gitignore, but not before you are reasonably sure it won't change that much thereafter.