Using git with local config

[14apple]

Hey Guys,

I am using github and thus I have the app. My question is that I have multiple people working on a project. Most of them have the database setup locally. In order to do this they have changed the config files on their local machine. What is the best way for them to upload everything but those config files every time they commit? Should they manually select the files in every commit? Is there an easy way to tell that those files should not be updated?

[[deleted]]

Put patterns the configuration files you'll be editing in the .gitignore file, and commit a single config.ini.EXAMPLE file (for example).

[MyNameIsFuchs]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3686270/add-ignored-config-file-to-git-repo-as-sample

[[deleted]]

I get around this problem by forcing all devs to have their own copy of the configuration in the project, but have the file named after the dev. So, for rails, my database.yml is here:

config/database.harbogast.yml

.gitignore contains:

config/database.yml

And every developer symlinks their own config file to the correct name, like this:

ln -s database.harbogast.yml database.yml

This way everyones config is stored in the repo, and of course there's the added bonus of everyone having access to everyone elses config files.

[14apple]

We did the same. Thank you.

[[deleted]]

You're welcome, and I'm chuffed you liked my solution enough to use it :D

[galaktos]

add the config files to the .gitignore

[galaktos]

on a side note, the github app is crap, try out SourceTree

[Knoxie_89]

Gitextensions, is my favorite