Different `.gitignore` for different remote repositories?

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I want to ignore different files when pusshing from my local repository to different remote repositories. But there is only one .gitignore file in my local repository. What should I do?

What is the end goal that you are trying to accomplish? There is probably a better solution than trying to juggle multiple .gitignore files. — GrandOpener, Dec 27 '15 at 21:44

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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I think that branching is the best option in your case. Then you can just add the ignored files to a specific branch and upload that branch to the specific repository.

Although git is not mean to be used like that, since .gitignore is just a list of patterns to be ignored in the current branch, tecnically, shouldn't be different .gitignores in the same branch.

Here is a similar situation to yours and how branching can solve this problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Dec 27 '15 at 21:35

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thanks. I learned that different directory in the working directory can have different `.gitignore` files. But when you say "add the ignored files to a specific branch", do you mean adding different ignored files to the same `.gitignore` file as the one before switching to a different branch, or do you mean add different ignored files to different `.gitignore` files under different directories in the working directory? – Tim Dec 27 '15 at 21:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '15 at 21:38

.gitignore is effective only against the working directory, thus will not be applicable after a commit has been made. And you cannot push the same history differently to different remotes. So the answer is no, you can't unless you follow the advice of @h0m3 and use different branches (thus split the history).

Different `.gitignore` for different remote repositories?

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