.gitignore
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I think it would be a good idea to include a .gitignore file with this track which at least covers this:
*.o
**/tests
I see other tracks having it in the common parent folder rather than in each exercise, it seems like a good place here too.
We've got a .gitignore file at the top level directory which should cover this, see https://github.com/exercism/x86-64-assembly/blob/master/.gitignore. Does this not work for you?
OK, weird. When I pull the exercises for this track I'm not getting the .gitignore which is why I opened the ticket. I'm not doing anything different to what I do for other tracks.
Are you talking about pulling the exercise using the Exercism CLI?
Could you give me an example of a track where you are getting the file?
When pulling an exercise, you are not getting a Git repository. What are you using the .gitignore file for?
Rust, Python, Javascript, Elixir, C#.
Pulling all with CLI.
Maybe I added them myself and it has been so long I forgot doing it?:/
@nathanchere You are right, Rust and Elixir seems to include the .gitignore file in the exercises, see https://github.com/exercism/rust/tree/master/exercises/accumulate and https://github.com/exercism/elixir/tree/master/exercises/accumulate.
I don't understand why this is needed though, would you mind explaining what you are using the file for?
@bergjohan the knee jerk reaction here is that students are using git for versioning their exercises locally, so it isn't a "need" as much as a convenience, I think, that those tracks are providing for the students.
Yeah alright, I guess we could add that. I'll reopen the issue!
Done! :)