On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 09:37:06AM -0500, David Mandelberg wrote: > > > It seems that git is overwriting my local files on merge if they're in > > > .gitignore. [...] > > The .gitignore file is to list "ignored and expendable" class of > > files; there is no "ignored but precious class" in Git. > Ok. Would a patch be welcome? I have three ideas for how to implement it, > and I'm not sure which is better. [...]
You might want to first investigate this recent thread [1] which AFAIK was dedicated to exactly this problem. 1. https://public-inbox.org/git/4c6a1c5b.4030...@workspacewhiz.com/
