Rename Jetbrains Ignore-File and Add Some Symlinks, to Improve Visibility #3349
+12
−1
Conversation
…lity This gitignore, only covers JetBrains products, that are based on the IntelliJ Platform. JetBrains also offers other products, that are not base on IntelliJ (e. g. Resharper) and therefore would need a totally different gitignore file. So it seems to be more appropriate to name it according to the platform instead of the company. Also the names "JetBrains" or "IntelliJ" might not be obvious to somebody looking for "GoLang" or "PhpStorm". Adding some symlinks will hopefully solve the problem and will make it easier for people to find what they are looking for.
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Reasons for making this change:
The
Jetbrains.gitignore, actually only covers JetBrains products, that are based on the IntelliJ Platform.JetBrains also offers other products, that are not base on it (e. g. Resharper) and
therefore would need a totally different gitignore file.
So it seems to be more appropriate to name it according to the platform instead of the company.
Also the names "JetBrains" or "IntelliJ" might not be obvious to somebody looking for "GoLang" or "PhpStorm". I think this is one of the factors, why Pull Requests are created again an again, seeking to add IntelliJ ignore rules to all kinds of other languages or even new ignore files.
Adding some symlinks will hopefully solve the problem and will make it easier for people to find what they are looking for.