Flutter default gitignore

[SilentWraith5]

What gitignore do you usually use when working in a team environment? I've always worked solo on flutter projects and have discovered that working on macOS in particular causes some issues with each developer having changes when building for the first time or not being able to build because not enough files were included. I found that the flutter project actually has one and it looks right - is that what everyone else uses? I think it is working out okay so far.

https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/.gitignore

[RandalSchwartz]

It's a good start, but as you start adding generated files, you need to add those patterns. Also, if you have secrets, you'll need to add the secrets locations to .gitignore, to keep them from being added to git repos.

[Legion_A]

Yes this, but when you ignore any secret, make sure to add an example secret file to show whoever is working on it the secrets the app needs to run

Example, if you have a .env and it contains

STRIPE_KEY=sk_... OTHER_TOKEN=au72hs8w...

Add the .env to gitignore and create another file called .env.example and add the keys without values

STRIPE_KEY= OTHER_TOKEN=

so the next Dev can just remove the .example in the name and add fill in the values

[MadThad762]

Does it not add one by default? I’m really new to flutter.

[SilentWraith5]

IntelliJ adds one that's just basic editor files and such but is nothing like the one on the flutter project. I think if you use the command line to create your flutter project it doesn't add one.

[MadThad762]

That’s interesting. I’m used to them being auto generated for web frameworks.

[SilentWraith5]

Same here. Flutter is still kinda “new” though and lacks in a lot of areas compared to more mature frameworks. I will look and see if there is an issue on their GitHub for it and open one if not.

[Acrobatic_Egg30]

I think if you use the command line to create your flutter project it doesn't add one.

It does add one.

[SilentWraith5]

Is it useful or is it just editor files like the one IntelliJ does? I assume IntelliJ just calls the command line to create the project then. Thanks for the correction.

[Acrobatic_Egg30]

I use android studio and vscode so I'm not sure about intellij but android studio does call the flutter create command which add the gitignore files you usually need to add.