yerstd · March 8, 2020 16:16
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 http://benmezger.me/post/109706270421/git-ignore-file-lines

 Git: ignore file lines

 I’ve always asked myself, if git can ignore files (using .gitignore), can it also ignore file lines? Well, not by default, but you can hack it.

 It might sound stupid, but say you are working with a bunch of guys on a project, where somewhere in an important file you have something like this;

 ...
 def connect_db():
    username = "root"
    password = "password"
    host = "localhost"
    ...
 ...
 Of course this is a stupid example, you would probably put the username, password and other important stuff in another file, say a config file, but let’s assume that this is not possible, or somehow this variable cannot be else where.

 What do you do? Because now we have a problem, when cloning the repository, you will need to fill these information, run your code and eventually make some changes and just before commiting, you will go back to the line with your personal information, remove that information (leave it blank or whatever), then you will commit and push your changes. Imagine doing this 30 times a day.

 So how can we do this? We can tell git to ignore the line when commiting.

 we need to create a .gitattributes in your repository (remember that .gitattributes will be commited into the repository, if you don’t want that, add it to .git/info/attributes)
 add *.py filter=ignoreline (run filter named ignoreline on all *.py files)
 Now, we need to define ignoreline filter in .gitconfig
 git config --global filter.ignoreline.clean "sed '/#ignoreline$/'d" (delete theses lines)
 git config --global filter.ignoreline.smudge cat (do nothing when pulling file from the repository)
 Now we are set. Basically this will be applied for every Python file everytime a line ends with #ignoreline.

 ...
 def connect_db():
    username = "root" #ignoreline
    password = "password" #ignoreline
    host = "localhost" #ignoreline
    ...
 ...
 Every time you commit and push, these lines will be ignored. Though, there is one problem, this will leave your working file different from your repository (makes sense, uh?), so, if you checkout or rebase your current branch, these lines will be lost, no where to find.
 There is one solution, though a very ugly one. git stash save "personal-details" while the filter is off (temporarily disable in gitconfig).
 Using the stash, I can always stash apply to my code without doing anything silly and get those lines back.

 If you know any other way, perhaps a nicer way, email me. I am interested.

 Update

 The reason I really did this, was because I have some code on my master branch, that on every push it goes directly to real world. In my future branch, I have some flags of debugging, so I added #ignoreline in case I merge it to master and forget to disable every flag; I use it more as a safety prevention. Nothing really like ignoring a function or such.
	http://benmezger.me/post/109706270421/git-ignore-file-lines

	Git: ignore file lines

	I’ve always asked myself, if git can ignore files (using .gitignore), can it also ignore file lines? Well, not by default, but you can hack it.

	It might sound stupid, but say you are working with a bunch of guys on a project, where somewhere in an important file you have something like this;

	...
	def connect_db():
	username = "root"
	password = "password"
	host = "localhost"
	...
	...
	Of course this is a stupid example, you would probably put the username, password and other important stuff in another file, say a config file, but let’s assume that this is not possible, or somehow this variable cannot be else where.

	What do you do? Because now we have a problem, when cloning the repository, you will need to fill these information, run your code and eventually make some changes and just before commiting, you will go back to the line with your personal information, remove that information (leave it blank or whatever), then you will commit and push your changes. Imagine doing this 30 times a day.

	So how can we do this? We can tell git to ignore the line when commiting.

	we need to create a .gitattributes in your repository (remember that .gitattributes will be commited into the repository, if you don’t want that, add it to .git/info/attributes)
	add .py filter=ignoreline (run filter named ignoreline on all .py files)
	Now, we need to define ignoreline filter in .gitconfig
	git config --global filter.ignoreline.clean "sed '/#ignoreline$/'d" (delete theses lines)
	git config --global filter.ignoreline.smudge cat (do nothing when pulling file from the repository)
	Now we are set. Basically this will be applied for every Python file everytime a line ends with #ignoreline.

	...
	def connect_db():
	username = "root" #ignoreline
	password = "password" #ignoreline
	host = "localhost" #ignoreline
	...
	...
	Every time you commit and push, these lines will be ignored. Though, there is one problem, this will leave your working file different from your repository (makes sense, uh?), so, if you checkout or rebase your current branch, these lines will be lost, no where to find.
	There is one solution, though a very ugly one. git stash save "personal-details" while the filter is off (temporarily disable in gitconfig).
	Using the stash, I can always stash apply to my code without doing anything silly and get those lines back.

	If you know any other way, perhaps a nicer way, email me. I am interested.

	Update

	The reason I really did this, was because I have some code on my master branch, that on every push it goes directly to real world. In my future branch, I have some flags of debugging, so I added #ignoreline in case I merge it to master and forget to disable every flag; I use it more as a safety prevention. Nothing really like ignoring a function or such.