Ignore configs with git

Question

In my project I have config files that have private information. I committed some example templates to Github, but I have the actual configs in my working copy so I can buil

Answer 1

That looks like what a content filter driver (using .gitattributes declaration) is for:

• the smudge part could replace the template content with the actual value (on checkout)
• the clean part could restore the template (on commit)

^{(image from "Customizing Git - Git Attributes", from "Pro Git book")}