Your AI Agent Keeps Messing Up .gitignore. Here Are the Rules That Fix It.
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.gitignore` looks like the easiest file in a repo to get right. Agents still get it wrong in predictable ways: They paste a giant generic template covering twenty languages you don't use. They add a pattern broad enough to hide real source files. They reorder or reformat the whole file. They "fix"…
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- 2026-10-07 23:18 · DEV Community — AI
Your AI Agent Keeps Messing Up .gitignore. Here Are the Rules That Fix It.