Where to keep project files that should not go to Git

Let's say you have commits that change a file (and looking at the commit details show you the changes, etc). Now, when you do a git log you see them, but when you say git log that.file these commits don't show up? This is for you.

The reason ...

If a project ist configured to spawn CI runners for tests or deployment when pushing to the Repo, a habit of pushing WIP commits regularly may conflict with that.
Here are two solutions that allow you to keep pushing whenever you feel like it.

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There is no reason to leave trailing whitespace characters in your project's files, so don't add any.

A git diff --check will tell you if there are any and you should not commit when you see them. So go ahead and switch your editor/IDE to autom...

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At makandra, we've built a few gems over the years. Some of these are quite popular: spreewald (> 1M downloads), active_type (> 1M downloads), and geordi (> 200k downloads)

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When you reuse behavior y...

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