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4 Feb 2026 03:16:31 EST (-0500)
  Re: Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 3 Feb 2026 10:46:35
Message: <6982185b$1@news.povray.org>
On 2026-02-03 05:57 (-4), Mr wrote:
> Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> 
>> But .gitignore is one aspect of git that has never given me any surprises.
> 
> The way it had for me, if my poor memory is correct, was some kind of wildcard
> that I wasn't aware I had used, and could apply ignore to a whole type of files
> instead of specific ones. But you're probably more cautious than that. :-)

Matter of fact, the wildcard feature has been a great organizational
tool for me.  My typical .gitignore entries include:
  *~
  /*/*
  /test_*

(The /*/* entry works for my Object Collection projects because Object
Collection contributions have no directory structure.)


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