Add daily email for 2024-02-05

.gitignore or .gitallow

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+title: .gitignore or .gitallow
+date: 2024-02-05
+permalink: archive/2024/02/05/gitignore-or-gitallow
+snippet: |
+  Is it a .gitignore or .gitallow file?
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - git
+---
+
+{% block content %}
+Following last week's email on [different ways to write .gitignore files][previous], friend of the list, Daniel Harper, sent me this reply (shared with permission):
+
+> I had a debate once about this topic and we settled on ignore as the filename explicitly describes what it should be doing ie. It's not .gitallow 😆
+
+This is a good point.
+
+What do people expect to see in a `.gitignore` file?
+
+A list of directories and files to be ignored or allowed?
+
+Based on the filename, it should be the former.
+
+This would be clearer for people when they first open the file.
+
+However, if you decide to use the allow approach instead, document it in an [ADR or design document][adr] and why you decided to do it that way and provide context for people working on the codebase in the future.
+
+[adr]: {{site.url}}/archive/2022/09/23/adrs-technical-design-documents
+[previous]: {{site.url}}/archive/2024/01/27/gitignore-inclusive-or-exclusive
+{% endblock %}
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