+[2016-10-18T17:40:03Z]nedbatSeveas: hmm, if I have to know the branch name, I could just checkout the branch, couldn't I? +[2016-10-18T17:45:31Z]Seveaspull requests only have a branch name in the forked repo, not in the original +[2016-10-18T20:26:25Z]SpCombOne of our mostly harmless robots seems to think you are not a human. +[2016-10-18T20:26:29Z]SpCombis it just me? +[2016-10-18T20:26:48Z]SpCombwas trying to edit the wiki on my project and the "New Page" button broke (HTTP 404), not sure if related or not
if they haven't closed it yet, you can just continue your work and keep pushing updates
+[2016-10-19T01:09:26Z]GeoIf I have a file like .travis.yml , is there a way I can exclude that from git clones or downloads? +[2016-10-19T01:56:35Z]llamapixelGeo: You want a git ignore file? https://github.com/github/gitignore +[2016-10-19T02:11:47Z]Geollamapixel: I think the gitignore prevents files on the local repo from being pushed? +[2016-10-19T02:13:50Z]GeoI'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 +[2016-10-19T02:16:29Z]llamapixelMaybe you want something like sparse checkout Geo but I have not enough experience with it.