[eluser]n0xie[/eluser]
[quote author="megabyte" date="1265867593"]
So my question, is how do I set up ignore rules, where do I put them so that my config folder never gets checked out.
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We do it like this. Rename the config.php and database.php to config.default.php and database.default.php. Then commit those. Now whenever someone checks out a project, you have no danger of overwriting their config.php or database.php. This way you can safely do an export to a live machine without having to fear that you overwrite any local settings.
You can do the same for the index.php so you have error messages turned ON when developing, and turned OFF on your live server.