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diff --git a/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc index 04147b0..ef2f6e8 100644 --- a/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/guide/getting_started.asciidoc @@ -237,6 +237,23 @@ $ make All that's left to do is to open it in your favorite editor and make it do something! +=== Hiding Erlang.mk from git + +Erlang.mk is a large text file. It can easily take a large part of +a `git diff` or a `git grep` command. You can avoid this by telling +Git that 'erlang.mk' is a binary file. + +Add this to your '.gitattributes' file. This is a file that you +can create at the root of your repository: + +---- +erlang.mk -diff +---- + +The 'erlang.mk' file will still appear in diffs and greps, but +as a binary file, meaning its contents won't be shown by default +anymore. + === Getting help During development, if you don't remember the name of a target, |