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Two Git ignore files nobody told me about

95 points · 66 comments · faithraven

  1. markbnj · · focus · HN ↗
    Very useful. Minor typo in the post if you're adding the claude code flag: it's "respectGitIgnore" not "respectGitignore". [probably not true, see below]
    1. faithraven · · focus · HN ↗
      Thanks, but I think it&#x27;s the other way round. The docs, the published JSON schema and the binary itself all spell it respectGitignore, lowercase i, named after the .gitignore file. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.claude.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;en&#x2F;settings-reference#respectgitignore" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;code.claude.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;en&#x2F;settings-reference#respectgi...
      1. gritzko · · focus · HN ↗
        The git-ness of this argument exceeds 100%.
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