+ [8 years ago] nedbat Seveas: hmm, if I have to know the branch name, I could just checkout the branch, couldn't I?
+ [8 years ago] Seveas pull requests only have a branch name in the forked repo, not in the original
+ [8 years ago] SpComb One of our mostly harmless robots seems to think you are not a human.
+ [8 years ago] SpComb is it just me?
+ [8 years ago] SpComb was trying to edit the wiki on my project and the "New Page" button broke (HTTP 404), not sure if related or not

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Posted by matkatmusic in #github at 2016-10-18T00:14:49Z

i've cloned the repo via XCode's "Check Out"
+ [8 years ago] Geo If I have a file like .travis.yml , is there a way I can exclude that from git clones or downloads?
+ [8 years ago] llamapixel Geo: You want a git ignore file? https://github.com/github/gitignore
+ [8 years ago] Geo llamapixel: I think the gitignore prevents files on the local repo from being pushed?
+ [8 years ago] Geo I'm looking for the opposite- things like .travis.yml that aren't part of the formal source distribution, but still needed to be stored in the GH repo, in this case for CI purposes
+ [8 years ago] llamapixel Maybe you want something like sparse checkout Geo but I have not enough experience with it.