Should you commit .gitignore into the Git repos?

git, gitignore

Solution

Normally yes, `.gitignore` is useful for everyone who wants to work with the repository. On occasion you'll want to ignore more private things (maybe you often create `LOG` or something. In those cases you probably don't want to force that on anyone else.

Problem

Do you think it is a good practice to commit `.gitignore` into a Git repo? Some people don't like it, but I think it is good as you can track the file's history. Isn't it?

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