@tommyZZM Please add .DS_Store to your global gitignore. It belongs there rather than per project.

(Aside: duplicate of various past issues pre-whitelist: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pulls?q=is%3Apr+ds_store+is%3Aclosed)

Also, summoning @claudiorodriguez who wrote that patch: 15cc7c0

@tommyZZM did you by any chance run git add . -A -f at some point?

Thanks @Fishrock123, it does seem like that should cover it, I'll ping @tommyZZM and try to get more information.

I see the issue now, the .DS_Store files are in the deps folder (from @tommyZZM in nodejs/node-chakracore#363):

node-chakracore$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed

        .DS_Store
	chakrashim/.DS_Store
	npm/.DS_Store
	openssl/.DS_Store
	openssl/openssl/.DS_Store
	v8/.DS_Store
	v8/test/.DS_Store
	v8/test/mjsunit/.DS_Store
	../tools/eslint/.DS_Store
	../tools/eslint/node_modules/.DS_Store

Which makes sense given the commit that @Fishrock123 referenced, it explicitly allows all dotfiles in the deps directories:

!deps/**/.*

I'm personally not opposed to this change if it simplifies life for potential contributors, but as it stands this appears to be the intended behavior.

Looks like GitHub has a repo for that: https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Global/macOS.gitignore

Ah, right. Ordinarily those folders do not need to be touched, so this isn't usually an issue.

I suggest making a refined whitelist for the chakrashim parts specifically and ignoring everything else. The other folders I think it is best to leave up to the end user, lest we repeat the never-ending-meta-file-ignoring again.

I'm starting to think that having a global .gitignore is the correct solution. Even refining using /deps/chakrashim/.gitignore wouldn't really help @tommyZZM since the files also show up under v8 and openssl.

IMO, if you edit the deps directly this is kinda on you.

I think the consensus was not to land this change, so let's just close the PR.

hi @Fishrock123 @kfarnung

i have added .DS_Store to .gitignore_global with git config --global core.excludesfile

.gitignore_global

.DS_Store
*.DS_Store
**/.DS_Store

it works fine in other remotes , but not working in node and node-chakracore

my git version is 2.8.1, i tried update to 2.14.1, but still not get rid of .DS_Store

i found these rules may be the reason cause some .DS_Store not ignored

.gitignore

 # Whitelist dotfiles
 .*
-!deps/**/.*
-!test/fixtures/**/.*
-!tools/eslint/**/.*
-!tools/doc/node_modules/**/.*
+#!deps/**/.*
+#!test/fixtures/**/.*
+#!tools/eslint/**/.*
+#!tools/doc/node_modules/**/.*

i commented these lines and .DS_Stores are gone

then i tired may the most simplest modification is just add .DS_Store to .gitignore directly

.gitignore

+.DS_Store

and it works

JUST UPDATED

i found a solution without remove or add anything

the sequence of rules in #Whitelist dotfiles causes the problem 😄

.gitignore

# Whitelist dotfiles
-.*
!deps/**/.*
!test/fixtures/**/.*
!tools/eslint/**/.*
!tools/doc/node_modules/**/.*
!.editorconfig
!.eslintignore
!.eslintrc.yaml
!.gitattributes
!.github
!.gitignore
!.gitkeep
!.mailmap
!.remarkrc
+.*

move the .* to bottom solve the problem!

hi @Fishrock123 @kfarnung

But modify sequence of rules will causes more problem

This overrides all the preceding rules. Previously, adding .foo to the test/fixtures directory would be reported by git, which is what we want. With this change, it will be ignored.

add .DS_Store at bottom may be better

# Whitelist dotfiles
.*
!deps/**/.*
!test/fixtures/**/.*
!tools/eslint/**/.*
!tools/doc/node_modules/**/.*
!.editorconfig
!.eslintignore
!.eslintrc.yaml
!.gitattributes
!.github
!.gitignore
!.gitkeep
!.mailmap
!.remarkrc
+.DS_Store

my current macOS(10.12.6) will auto generate .DS_Store without actually opening the folder. so this problem nervers me ...

i do not thing besides git clone the remote ,and then after some times reading code, git status will show this untracked changes of .DS_Stores

Yeah okay, this happens for me as well if I open up Finder and click around the deps/ subdirectories. I guess I've never done that before so didn't notice.

I suggest making a refined whitelist for the chakrashim parts specifically and ignoring everything else. The other folders I think it is best to leave up to the end user, lest we repeat the never-ending-meta-file-ignoring again.

I think @Fishrock123 's suggestion makes most sense. Ignore all dotfiles in deps/ except for a whitelist. Or if that's not feasible we could take the nuclear option of ignoring deps/ completely, and requiring people updating deps to use git add -f deps/.

@tommyZZM interesting that .DS_Store files get generated without you going into the folder, I'm on 10.12.6 as well, and I don't see that. Maybe your IDE is navigating into those folders or something.

@gibfahn maybe some solfware (VisualStudioCore、SourceTree) make them get generated

Y'all know about .git/info/exclude

Y'all know about .git/info/exclude

Doesn't local .gitignore take precedence over it? See docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_description

Doesn't local .gitignore take precedence over it? See docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_description

Boop, read it upside down

.gitignore & .DS_Store

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/107701/how-can-i-remove-ds-store-files-from-a-git-repository

$ vi ~/.gitignore_global


# modify configs with below `ignore_macos.js` file

$ git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

ignore_macos.js

# OS generated files #
######################
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18393498/gitignore-all-the-ds-store-files-in-every-folder-and-subfolder

$ find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git rm --ignore-unmatch

echo ".DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "._.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "**/.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global
echo "**/._.DS_Store" >> ~/.gitignore_global

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

#Ignore folder mac
.DS_Store


# OR
.DS_Store
._.DS_Store
**/.DS_Store
**/._.DS_Store