Git: How to ignore a file from one repo and add it to another?

Question

I have a Ruby on Rails application that I am trying to host on Heroku. I would also like to use a GitHub public (free) repository to track changes. I need to check-in a file con

Answer 1

As VonC mentioned, the best (and least error-prone) bet is to keep sensitive config info out of Git and put them in environment variables on your server. Here are instructions for how to do so on Heroku:

http://docs.heroku.com/config-vars

See also the linked questions.