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From: Mr
Subject: Re: Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches
Date: 3 Feb 2026 05:10:00
Message: <web.6981c903461f9d4e16086ed06830a892@news.povray.org>
One other thing I notice when quickly going through this discussion, has been
left out of it, maybe because too "obvious" or people around here generally
better at it than I was (^-^), also you'd have had other issues if that was your
blind spot... but I remember it was one of the slightly confusing cornerstones
for me initially, so I do feel compelled to write about it:

....Just make sure you fully grasp the distinction and nature of Commit versus
push!


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From: Cousin Ricky
Subject: Re: Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches
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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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Nope, I STILL don't understand git branches
Date: 3 Feb 2026 21:02:44
Message: <6982a8c4$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue,  3 Feb 2026 05:08:03 EST, Mr wrote:

> ....Just make sure you fully grasp the distinction and nature of Commit
> versus push!

100%.  I actually did my little test a few days ago without a remote even 
configured - because you can use git that way. :)



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw


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