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Jason Stitt
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Jason Stitt's personal blog at jasonstitt.com covers programming and writing. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Effective .gitignore whitelisting patterns”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post on gitignore whitelisting patterns, a way to re-include files that broader .gitignore rules exclude. The comment only expresses interest in trying the approach.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Effective .gitignore whitelisting patterns2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-10-30
What Hacker News says?
Very good observation. That's a reason I'm itching to try out an approach akin to this (in a future project): https://jasonstitt.com/gitignore-whitelisting-patterns
Comment linking /gitignore-whitelisting-patterns
on “Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore”Submitted GMP bignums vs. Python bignums: performance and code examples as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Effective .gitignore whitelisting patterns as a story · 1 points
HN discussion