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Hidden files get checked/built in all the time. Too many people don’t think to look for them.

That is why I like "Allow Listing" in my .gitignore file. Much harder to add stuff by accident.

# Ignore everything

*

# But not these files...

!/.gitignore

!*.go

!go.sum

!go.mod

I do the same. But as I do it my mental image of myself is of someone holding their nose and typing one handed.

It’s the least shit solution, but it’s definitely a shit solution.

Npm has another way to default exclude but I don’t think git does, and if docker got one I don’t recall what it is.