Can you write comments in a .gitignore file?
If so, should the line be preceded with a # or some other indicator?
Can you write comments in a .gitignore file? If so, should the line be
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Can you write comments in a .gitignore file?
If so, should the line be preceded with a # or some other indicator?
Yes, you may put comments in there. They however must start at the beginning of a line.
cf. http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Recording-Changes-to-the-Repository#Ignoring-Files
The comment character is
#, example: