It makes sense to add an ignore for .* though and then specifically unignore only those dotfiles/directories that you actully want checked in.

This may be technically correct, and I do have .DS_Store in my global, but I also put it in projects, because I know not everyone on my team is going to do that. I add it to the .gitignore in projects to save me from other people junking up the project. It’s a lot easier to add some lines to a file than it is to micromanage the global file for every potential future contributor.

Well I was trying to tell you nicely, but you’ll figure it out before long.

Banning someone because they commit a file you don’t like is definitely a sign of a controlling person.