I am not exactly a programmer. What is the .DS_Store file for?
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I learned of those files outside the context of programming. When program or file zip packages contained these random ds store files and I looked up what they are.
Turns out, it's metadata ~~caching~~ for macOS. Irrelevant and does not belong into [distributed or shared] packages.
/edit: It's been a long time ago. Looking at it again, I guess it adds folder metadata, so it could be useful when distributing to other macOS. But for other OS, it's noise. Either way, usually it's not intentionally included.
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Just gitignore that. Same for dot idea and whatever vscode adds, if anything
Ya, but that .idea is not inserted in eleven thousand sub folders.
It's not, but I still prefer not pushing my config on others, or others pushing theirs on me.
git add . > git commit -m "initial" > git push
Later when I git status or just look at the repo online… "oh crap I let .DS_Store in didn't I…" and then I remember to set up a .gitignore and make a new commit to take out the .DS_Store and put in the .gitignore.
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As much as they love to sue people, I don't understand why Nintendo doesn't go after Apple for trademark infringement, so that they're forced to finally come up with a better method of storing folder attributes.
Because it's not marketed as a product. Apple isn't trademarking "DS".
Stop ruining my joke.
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