From 227be70a3a1066a2b011eec93c2ba1f589dae880 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mandar Vaze <mandar@MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 16:02:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Document global gitignore files for contributors

Fixes #155
---
 docs/source/internal/contributing.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/source/internal/contributing.rst b/docs/source/internal/contributing.rst
index 33757d0..d5c8d8d 100644
--- a/docs/source/internal/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/internal/contributing.rst
@@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ Merge requests should:
 
 - Follow the guidelines in :ref:`writing-code`
 
+- Avoid having :code:`.gitignore` file in your PR
+
+  Changes to :code:`.gitignore` will rarely be accepted.
+
+  If you need to add files to :code:`.gitignore` you have multiple options
+
+  - Create a global :code:`.gitignore` file
+  - Create/update :code:`.git/info/exclude` file.
+
+  Both these options are explained in detail `here <https://help.github.com/en/articles/ignoring-files#create-a-global-gitignore>`_
+
 
 Reviewing and Triaging Issues and Merge Requests
 ================================================