.gitignore alternative?
Is there any way to omit the .env file from a GitHub commit?
I've let Repl.it's Jeremy know about the issue as he's working on the new version control features.
@PaoloAmoroso Jeremy said this is going to be fixed soon.
@PaoloAmoroso One year ago...
@UltiRequiem Let's ask @replitjeremy whether there are any updates.
put it in rice.
@slickassassin03 @UltiRequiem I don't know about .gitignore but now Repl.it does the right thing for .env and GitHub.
When you create or edit .env, the built-in version control system doesn't detect any changes to a REPL's code base and has nothing to commit to GitHub. I checked.
@PaoloAmoroso Are you saying that's a way to do a .gitignore w/o having a .gitignore? By using a .env to omit certain file types instead?
@LyndenSylver I meant that Replit now doesn't commit the .env file to GitHub.
Thank you for any help!
I don't believe so. The best way to do not upload a file would be to not connect your project to a repo and just manually upload the files yourself the hard way. (Basically don't connect the repl project to github and nothing happens)
@AdCharity Okay, I'll just wait until we get a more complete GitHub panel to connect to a repo.
@slickassassin03 yeah I think if you bother the moderators/actual workers, they'll try to implement the feature if it gathers enough support.
@AdCharity How might we do that? I'm pretty new to socializing with the Repl community.
@slickassassin03 well honestly, there are a couple options:
1) there is a discord (should be on the bottom left corner of the screen) for repl
2) if you find a user with a moderator tag, mention them with @[repl name], which will notify them (probably shouldn't, but if it is important...)
3) ask a question like this one. If it gathers enough votes, repl will most likely see it. Unfortunately, it's likely not a whole lot of people will upvote (since they are middle schoolers interested in games and not git hub)
If I missed something here, I'm pretty sure the longer you stay in the community, the sooner you'll find it.
@AdCharity Thanks, I'll join their Discord and maybe they'll think about omission from commits.